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Panama

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Pan·a·ma  (pn-mä)
1. A country of southeast Central America. The region was inhabited by a variety of Indian peoples when Columbus landed on its Caribbean coast in 1502. In 1513 Balboa crossed the isthmus to discover the Pacific Ocean. Controlled by Spain until 1821, the area then became part of Colombia. Eager for a canal across the isthmus, the United States supported a revolution leading to Panamanian independence in 1903. Panama is the capital. Population: 2,960,000.
2. also Panama City The capital and largest city of Panama, in the central part of the country on the Gulf of Panama. The original city was founded in 1519, destroyed in 1671, and rebuilt a short distance away in 1673. Population: 445,000.
Pana·mani·an (-mn-n) adj.
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Panama
Panama, Gulf of
A wide inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the southern coast of Panama.
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Noun1.PanamaPanama - a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903
Republic of Panama
Panama Canal - a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
OAS, Organization of American States - an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation
capital of Panama, Panamanian capital, Panama City - the capital and largest city of Panama
Aspinwall, Colon - a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
Canal Zone, Panama Canal Zone - a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal
Isthmus of Darien, Isthmus of Panama - the isthmus that connects Central America and South America; was formerly called the Isthmus of Darien; "Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Darien"
Panamanian - a native or inhabitant of Panama
2.PanamaPanama - a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
boater, leghorn, Panama hat, straw hat, sailor, skimmer
chapeau, hat, lid - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
Translations
Spanish Panama [ˈpænəmɑː] n → Panamá m
French Panama [ˈpænəmɑː] n → Panama m
German Panama [ˈpænəmɑː] n → Panama nt
panama [pænəˈmɑː] n (also: panama hat) → Panamahut m
Italian Panama [ˈpænəmɑː] n → Panama m
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On the west, however, rise the Rocky Mountains, that immense range which, commencing at the Straights of Magellan, follows the western coast of Southern America under the name of the Andes or the Cordilleras, until it crosses the Isthmus of Panama, and runs up the whole of North America to the very borders of the Polar Sea.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
It was a part of the great system of granite mountains which forms one of the most important and striking features of North America, stretching parallel to the coast of the Pacific from the Isthmus of Panama almost to the Arctic Ocean; and presenting a corresponding chain to that of the Andes in the southern hemisphere.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
It had welded into one compact political mass the whole of North America from the Panama Canal to the Arctic Ocean.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
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