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PANAMA CANAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Panama Canal mean?
• PANAMA CANAL (noun)
The noun PANAMA CANAL has 1 sense:
1. a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
Familiarity information: PANAMA CANAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
ship canal; shipway (a canal large enough for seagoing vessels)
Holonyms ("Panama Canal" is a part of...):
Panama; Republic of Panama (a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903)
Context examples
Denotes a person from the area inbetween north and south America including persons from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Panama Canal zone.
(Central American, NCI Thesaurus)
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