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PANAMA CITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Panama City mean? 

PANAMA CITY (noun)
  The noun PANAMA CITY has 2 senses:

1. a resort and fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Floridaplay

2. the capital and largest city of Panamaplay

  Familiarity information: PANAMA CITY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PANAMA CITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A resort and fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Panama City" is a part of...):

Everglade State; FL; Fla.; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. In Spanish, Florida means Flowery)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Panama

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Panama; Panama City; Panamanian capital

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Panama City" 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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