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LimOn[lEmOn´] Pronunciation Key, city (1995 est. pop. 55,866), capital of LimOn prov., Costa Rica, on the Caribbean Sea. Once the leading port of Costa Rica, it has been superseded by MoIn. LimOn gained importance with the construction of the railroad to San JosE 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.
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