de Lima
Appearance
de Lima or d'Lima is a Portuguese and Italian surname. It is also a Spanish name meaning "of Lima". It is also an Indian surname, named for the converts when the Portuguese occupied India.
Delima is a Malay word for pomegranate[1][2] and is also a family name in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, Real Madrid and Brazilian footballer
- Vanderlei de Lima, a Brazilian athlete
- Augusto de Lima, a Brazilian journalist
- Vicente de Lima, a Brazilian athlete
- Jorge de Lima, a Brazilian writer and politician
- Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto, a Brazilian author
- Leila de Lima, a Filipino former senator and Secretary of Justice
- Frank De Lima, an American comedian
- Sri Delima, also known as Adibah Amin, a Malaysian writer
See also
[edit]- Ponte de Lima, a municipality in Portugal
- Santa Rosa de Lima (disambiguation), several places with this name
- Universidad de Lima, University of Lima, Peru
- Seri Delima (state constituency) in Penang, Malaysia
- Sri Delima station, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- DeLima v. Bidwell, U.S. Supreme Court case
- Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu, a neighbourhood in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- Pancha Delima, Brunei, neighbourhood in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- Dalima, a genus of moths
- Dilemma (disambiguation)
- Lima (surname)
References
[edit]- ^ Clifford, Sir Hugh Charles; Swettenham, Sir Frank Athelstane (20 April 1894). A Dictionary of the Malay Language. authors at the Government's printing Office. p. 404. Retrieved 20 April 2018 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society". 20 April 1896. Retrieved 20 April 2018 – via Google Books.