panama

noun, pan·a·ma often capitalized \ˈpa-nə-ˌmä, -ˌmȯ\

Definition of PANAMA

: a lightweight hat of natural-colored straw hand-plaited of narrow strips from the young leaves of the jipijapa; also : a machine-made imitation of this

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Origin of PANAMA

American Spanish panamá, from Panama, Central America

First Known Use: 1848

Rhymes with PANAMA

abaca, Abdullah, Adana, agora, ahimsa, aloha, Antalya, assignat, Astana, Aymara, baccarat, baklava, Bogotá, brouhaha, cervelat, coup d'état, Cumaná, Delacroix, entrechat, feria, guarana, haftarah, haniwa, Heredia, inshallah, Kashiwa, koruna, Kostroma, la-di-da, ma-and-pa, Machida, Malinois, Mardi Gras, Masséna, Modena, moussaka, Oshawa, pakeha, Panama, Paraná, parashah, pas de trois, persona, pietà, podesta, polenta, polynya, port de bras, reseda, rufiyaa, Shangri-la, tempura, ulema, usquebaugh

Panama

geographical name Pan·a·ma \ˈpa-nə-ˌmä, -ˌmȯ, ˌpa-nə-ˈ; ˌpä-nä-ˈmä\

Definition of PANAMA

country S Central America; a republic; before 1903 part of Colombia area (including Canal Zone) 30,765 square miles (79,681 square kilometers), pop 3,300,000

or Panama City city & port, its ∗, on Gulf of Panama pop 411,549

ship canal 51 miles (82 kilometers) cen Panama connecting the Atlantic (Caribbean Sea) & the Pacific (Gulf of Panama)

— Pan·a·ma·ni·an \ˌpa-nə-ˈmā-nē-ən\ adjective or noun