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Definition of Panama canal zone
1. Noun. A zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal.
Definition of Panama canal zone
1. Proper noun. (history) The territory within Panama, stretching along the course of the Panama Canal but excluding the sea port cities Panama City and Colon, which was exclusively administered by the U.S.A. (which appointed governors) under the 18 November 1903 lease treaty, even before the canal opened (in 1914), until the return of state control on 30 September 1979, after which only the canal itself remained under the US-controlled Panama Canal Commission till 1999. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panama Canal Zone
Literary usage of Panama canal zone
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)
"Nation 102: 220 F 24 '16 •NY« oteo Panama canal; panama canal zone Architecture
Old churches of Panama. CP Kimball. 11 Arch Rec 39:536-50 Je '16: Same cond. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1919)
"BIRDS OF THE panama canal zone, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO A COLLECTION MADE BY MR.
LINDSEY L. JEWEL. BY WITMER STONE. Through the generosity of several of ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"Theodore C. Hinckley, of Panama, Canal Zone, and Joseph W. Bailey, of Washington, D.
On f°r defendant In error. Mr. Justice HOLMES delivered the opinion of ..."
4. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"Porto Rico, panama canal zone, Republic of Panama, Hawaiian Islands. Philippine
Islands, Guam, Tutuila (Samoa), Shanghai. For all other countries in the ..."
5. United States Colonies and Dependencies, Illustrated: The Travels and by William Dickson Boyce (1914)
"T WAS my good fortune to go through the panama canal zone on foot at the beginning
of my travels in South America, over three years ago, and to study in ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1907)
"2. The United States may acquire territory by treaty. panama canal zone— ...
The title of the United States to the Isthmian or panama canal zone under the ..."
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