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Canal Zone

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Ca·nal Zone  (k-nl) also Pan·a·ma Canal Zone (pn-mä)
Abbr. CZ
A strip of land, about 16 km (10 mi) wide, across the Isthmus of Panama. Formerly administered by the United States for the operation of the Panama Canal, it was turned over to Panama in 1979.
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Noun1.Canal ZoneCanal Zone - a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal
Panama Canal Zone
Panama, Republic of Panama - a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903


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