lima

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymscapital of Peru

   Broadernational capital

   Part ofPeru

Other forms of lima

plural

limas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lima

What does lima mean?

lima means "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".

How many syllables are in lima?

lima has 2 syllables: li-ma. The stress falls on "li". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪmə/.

What is another word for lima?

Close synonyms include capital of Peru. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lima a common word?

lima is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.