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According to early Spanish articles, the Lima area was once called Itchyma, [citation needed] after its original inhabitants. However, even before the Inca occupation of the area in the 15th century, a famous oracle in the Rímac Valley had come to be known by visitors as Limaq (Limaq, pronounced , which means "talker" or "speaker" in the coastal Quechua that was the area's primary language ...
1750 map of Lima and its walls.. The city of Lima, the capital of Peru, was founded by Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, and given the name City of the Kings. [7] [8] Nevertheless, with time its original name persisted, which may come from one of two sources: Either the Aymara language lima-limaq (meaning "yellow flower"), or the Spanish pronunciation of the Quechuan word rimaq (meaning ...
Lima depicted in Nueva corónica y buen gobierno of Guamán Poma de Ayala ca. 1615, it reads: The City of the Kings of Lima, real audiencia and court, main head of all the kingdom of the Indies, where its Majesty and its viceroy and from the Holy Mother Church, archbishop its honourable inquisitor, its honourable from the Holy Crusade and the reverend commissioners and prelates reside.
Lima (Spanish pronunciation:) is a district of Lima Province in Peru.Lima district is the oldest in Lima Province and as such, vestiges of the city's colonial era remain today in the historic centre of Lima, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and contains the foundational area known as Cercado de Lima (Spanish, 'Walled Lima').
Lima is a Portuguese language surname. Adriana Lima (born 1981), Brazilian model; Ana Clara Lima (born 1997), Brazilian television presenter and reporter; Antônio Lima dos Santos (born 1942), known as Lima, Brazilian international footballer; Brian Lima (born 1972), Samoan rugby union player; Bruno Lima (born 1996), Argentine volleyball player
The Lima culture was an indigenous civilization which existed in modern-day Lima, Peru during the Early Intermediate Period, extending from roughly 100 to 650. This pre-Incan culture, which overlaps with surrounding Paracas, Moche, and Nasca civilizations, was located in the desert coastal strip of Peru in the Chillon, Rimac and Lurin River valleys.
The Viceroyalty of Peru (Spanish: Virreinato del Perú), officially known as the Kingdom of Peru (Spanish: Reino del Perú), was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, governed from the capital of Lima.
Flag of Lima. The flag of Lima (and the surrounding province) consists of a gold background.The city seal is shown in the center of the flag. The motto on the coat of arms is "Hoc signum vere regum est", loosely translated from Latin as "Truly this is the sign of the king", referring to Christ's dominion.