South American capital
The crossword clue "South American capital" is answered by LIMA, a 4-letter entry. Used 54 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LIMA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIMA answer page.
Used 54 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CARACAS (12 uses in xd)
Other clues for LIMA
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIMA, most used first.
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- Capital of Peru - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
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- Bean - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Bean town? - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
- City founded by Pizarro - used 38 times, most recently in 2022
- Kind of bean - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Peruvian capital - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- __ beans - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Andean capital - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Capital founded by Pizarro - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Norway's capital - OSLO, used 382 times
- Capital of Norway - OSLO, used 259 times
- Latvia's capital - RIGA, used 235 times
- Scandinavian capital - OSLO, used 232 times
- Capital on a fjord - OSLO, used 208 times
- "American ___" - IDOL, used 154 times
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