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Definition of Panama
1. Noun. A republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903.
Terms within: Panama Canal, Capital Of Panama, Panama City, Panamanian Capital, Aspinwall, Colon, Canal Zone, Panama Canal Zone
Group relationships: Oas, Organization Of American States
Generic synonyms: Central American Country, Central American Nation
Group relationships: Isthmus Of Darien, Isthmus Of Panama
Member holonyms: Panamanian
Derivative terms: Panamanian
2. Noun. A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown.
Generic synonyms: Chapeau, Hat, Lid
Definition of Panama
1. Proper noun. A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Panama. ¹
2. Noun. A Panama hat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Panama
1. a lightweight hat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panama
Literary usage of Panama
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"11 Bui Pan Am Union 42:745-62 Je '16 Roosevelt and panama. G: L. Fox. ...
Isthmus of panama in its relation to the animal life of North and South America. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"There are telegraph cables from panama to North American and South American ...
panama, capital of the Republic of panama, situated on a coral peninsula ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Nature 101:73-4 Mr 28 '18 panama Riviera of the new world; photographs. ...
Soc Hygiene 1:589-609 S '15 Social hygiene at the panama-Pacific international ..."
4. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Hearing: [February 11, 1907] before Commute on interstate and foreign commerce,
on the panama canal contract. O. SOp. '07. Gov. ptg. 8-14770. ..."
5. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"And all the great shall come to thee For leave to pass, O panama! ... That we
may search through saltless sand — May clasp and kiss, O panama! ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1857)
"panama. Triton, sp. ind. Taboga. • constrictus, Gld. = Persona ridens, ... panama.
Collected by Lieut. Green. Pholas ovoidea, Gld. 181. San Diego. ..."
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