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PANAMA CANAL ZONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Panama Canal Zone mean? 

PANAMA CANAL ZONE (noun)
  The noun PANAMA CANAL ZONE has 1 sense:

1. a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canalplay

  Familiarity information: PANAMA CANAL ZONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PANAMA CANAL ZONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Canal Zone; Panama Canal Zone

Instance hypernyms:

zone (an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic)

Holonyms ("Panama Canal Zone" is a part of...):

Panama; Republic of Panama (a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903)


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