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nouncapital 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
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- atmosphere the weather or climate at some place
- tropical of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
- climax end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
- geography study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
- suspense excited anticipation of an approaching climax
- tropics the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate
- succession (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established
- clement (of weather or climate) physically mild
- culmination a final climactic stage
- samoa a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop