LIMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lima mean? 

• LIMA (noun)
  The noun LIMA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LIMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Peru; Lima

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Lima" is a part of...):

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)

 Context examples 

In a study of 6,000 people in Lima, Peru, researchers found that those whose diets were lacking in vitamin A had a 10-fold increased risk of developing TB from an infected family member.

(Vitamin A Supplement May Thwart Tuberculosis Infection, Jessica Berman/VOA)