Lima
['limə]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
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Definition
(n.) The capital city of Peru, in South America.
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Examples
- Frezier, who visited Peru in 1713, represents Lima as containing between twenty-five and twenty-eight thousand inhabitants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The city of Lima, founded since the conquest, is represented by Ulloa as containing fifty thousand inhabitants near thirty years ago. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In America the first printing press was set up in Mexico in 1536, and in Lima, Brazil, in 1586. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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