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Lima

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Li·ma
1. (lm) The capital and largest city of Peru, in the west-central part of the country near the Pacific Ocean. Founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535, it was the capital of Spain's New World empire until the 19th century. The city was largely rebuilt after earthquakes in 1687 and 1746. Population: 8,380,000.
2. (lm) A city of northwest Ohio south-southwest of Toledo. It is a processing and marketing center for a rich farm area. Population: 40,800.
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Noun1.LimaLima - capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
capital of Peru
Peru, Republic of Peru - a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries
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Spanish Lima [ˈliːmə] n → Lima
French Lima [ˈliːmə] n → Lima
German Lima [ˈliːmə] n → Lima nt
Italian Lima [ˈliːmə] n → Lima
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At Valparaiso and Lima, Thomas la Chambre and Co.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
For Lima has taken the white veil; and there is a higher horror in this whiteness of her woe.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
No use sterning all, then; but as I was groping at midday, with a blinding sun, all crown-jewels; as I was groping, I say, after the second iron, to toss it overboard --down comes the tail like a Lima tower, cutting my boat in two, leaving each half in splinters; and, flukes first, the white hump backed through the wreck, as though it was all chips.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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