Panama
a country on the Isthmus of Panama, a narrow piece of land connecting Central and South America, between Costa Rica and Colombia. Population: 3,292,693 (2008). Capital: Panama City. Panama is known especially for the Panama Canal, a long, narrow stretch of water that was built across the country in 1914 in order to allow ships to sail between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. ⇒ Noriega
—Panamanian /ˌpænəˈmeɪniən◂/ noun, adjective

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pan‧a‧ma hat /ˌpænəmɑː ˈhæt/ (also panama /ˌpænəˈmɑː◂,ˈpænəmɑː/) noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Panama, from where such hats (made in Ecuador) were exported]
a light hat for men, made from straw

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