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Limón (lēmōn`), city (1995 est. pop. 55,866), capital of Limón prov., Costa Rica, on the Caribbean Sea. Once the leading port of Costa Rica, it has been superseded by Moín. Limón gained importance with the construction of the railroad to San José in the late 1800s and has been the point of export for Costa Rica's large banana industry. Columbus may have visited the site on his 1502 voyage.

Limón

(also Puerto Limón), a city and the principal port of Costa Rica on the Caribbean coast. Capital of the province of Limón. Population, 37,500 (1971). Limón is connected by rail with San José. It is the commercial center of a district of plantation fruit growing. Cocoa, bananas, and coconuts are exported from Limón. The city was founded in 1880 on the site of an Indian settlement.

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No references found			THE José Limón company reveals another (and radically different) universe. Modern Milestones: Ailey Turns 50, Limón Turns 100, Bausch Grows Up by Robert Gottlieb / The New York Observer Perhaps because his work is so unabashedly full of feeling, so human, the choreographer I most associate him with is Taylor, although his background is actually with José Limón and Lar Lubovitch. The Varone Company: Stylish, Kinetic, Ravishing by Robert Gottlieb / The New York Observer When the Limón Dance Company performed José Limón’s Psalm last year at the Joyce, I paid tribute to its high moral earnestness and was bemused by its High Modern aura, it’s so obviously a direct descendent of the Martha Graham–Doris Humphrey take on life. Entire Dance Spectrum On Offer at Fall for Dance by Robert Gottlieb / The New York Observer			limits limits of integration limivorous Limkins, Mr. Limnebiidae limner limnetic Limnic Coal Formation Limnichidae limnimeter limnite Limnocharitaceae limnograph Limnology Limnomedusae Limnophilous Animals limnoplankton Limnoriidae Limnos Límnos Limoges Limoges Enamel Limoges painted enamel Limoges ware Limon Limón Limon, José Limón, José Limonene limoniads limoniform Limonite Limonium Limosin, Léonard Limousin Limousin, Léonard Limousine LIMP limpet Limpets limpid limpkin Limpopo Limpopo River Limulacea Limulida Limulodidae Limulus LIN Lin Biao LIN FT			Limnos Límnos Límnos Limnotragus spekei limns limns LIMNURP limo limo limo limo limo- Limoges Limoges Limôges Limôges Limoges enamel Limoges enamel Limoges Football Club Limoges painted enamel Limoges Plongée Sous Marine Limoges porcelain Limoges porcelain Limoges Ware Limoges Ware Limoges, France - Bellegarde Limoges, Haute-Vienne Limoges, Haute-Vienne Limon Limon Limón Limon, Costa Rica Limon, Costa Rica Limon, Costa Rica Limón, Costa Rica Limón, Costa Rica Limon, José Limón, José Limon,Costa Rica Limon,Costa Rica Limoncillo limonene limonene limonene Limoniaceae Limoniaceae Limoniad Limoniads limoniform Limonin limonite limonite limonitic limonitic Limonium Limonium Limonoate A-Ring Lactone Limonum Limonum limos limos

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