Lima also refers to limestone. Like a place name, such as Ponta do Lima. Limestone Point
Eric Edgar On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 2:09 PM, João Ventura <j...@venturas.org> wrote: > Hello, Barbara, > > I don't have the same document as Antonio, but I fully support his answer. > The only correction I'd like to make is that Limia/Lima is not a land, but > a river. There's a land in Spain called "Xinzo de Limia", but there's also > a "Ponte de Lima". Your surname can descend from this guy's family or > simply from others that lived in one of these towns. > > João Ventura > http:// > > > On Sunday, 20 July 2014 22:42:28 UTC+2, A Faria wrote: >> >> >> Hi Barbara >> >> According to a book I have on the Noble families of Portugal . The first >> person recorded with the surname Lima was D. Joao Fernandes de Lima,(the >> good). He was from the land of Limia(Lima) in Galicia. Lima is also the >> Portuguese word for Lime. >> >> Antonio >> >> >> On Sunday, July 20, 2014 11:15:52 AM UTC-7, Barbara Bluhm wrote: >>> >>> Hello, does anyone have an interpretation of the surname Lima or da >>> Lima? A person has told me that Lima means wood? Responses appreciated, >>> Thanks, Barbara >>> >> -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
