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Definition of Capital of Peru
1. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capital Of Peru
Literary usage of Capital of Peru
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"Account of the City of Lima, the capital of Peru. ... made the capital of Peru,
and the queen of all the cities in South America. ..."
2. The Capitals of Spanish America by William Eleroy Curtis (1888)
"THE capital of Peru. . ALTHOUGH the glory of Lima has long since faded, it is
easy to see how grand and beautiful the place was in the days of its ancient ..."
3. A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the by Raynal (Guillaume-Thomas-François), John Obadiah Justamond (1784)
"With this THE vanity of having palaces, concealed for a long time from the
inhabitants of the capital of Peru, the dangers to which this ..."
4. South America, Social, Industrial, and Political: A Twenty-five-thousand by Frank George Carpenter (1900)
"CHAPTER XI THE capital of Peru A MAGNIFICENT CITY MADE OF MUD AND ... We are in
Lima, the capital of Peru. The streets on which we stand were laid out more ..."
5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"Lima is not only the political but also the commercial capital of Peru, and many
of its business streets always present animated scenes. ..."
6. Carpenter's Geographical Reader: South America by Frank George Carpenter (1899)
"IN LIMA, THE capital of Peru. C]T us climb to the roof of our hotel and take a
bird's- eye view of the Peruvian capital before we begin to explore it. ..."
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