ASPINWALL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aspinwall mean? 

• ASPINWALL (noun)
  The noun ASPINWALL has 1 sense:

1. a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal

  Familiarity information: ASPINWALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASPINWALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Aspinwall; Colon

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Aspinwall" is a part of...):

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

 Context examples 

I’ve been in orspital arf my bleedin’ life. I’ve ’ad the fever in Aspinwall, in ’Avana, in New Orleans.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)