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Lima

Quechua-related
“uncertain, named for the Limaq valley and river”
Where it comes from
from Limaq, the local name for the valley and its river
Fun Fact
Spanish colonizers Hispanicized the Indigenous name Limaq into Lima when they founded the city in 1535, and the river that runs through it is still called the Rimac today.
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