PANAMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Panama mean? 

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

1. a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903

2. a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

  Familiarity information: PANAMA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANAMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Panama; Republic of Panama

Instance hypernyms:

Central American country; Central American nation (any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments)

Meronyms (parts of "Panama"):

Panama Canal (a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914))

capital of Panama; Panama City; Panamanian capital (the capital and largest city of Panama)

Aspinwall; Colon (a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal)

Canal Zone; Panama Canal Zone (a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal)

Meronyms (members of "Panama"):

Panamanian (a native or inhabitant of Panama)

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

Isthmus of Darien; Isthmus of Panama (the isthmus that connects Central America and South America; was formerly called the Isthmus of Darien)

Holonyms ("Panama" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

Derivation:

Panamanian (of or relating to or characteristic of Panama or its people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

boater; leghorn; Panama; Panama hat; sailor; skimmer; straw hat

Hypernyms ("Panama" is a kind of...):

chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)

 Context examples 

The idea that chocolate might be good for you stems from studies of the Kuna Indians, who live on islands off the coast of Panama.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

University of Arizona scientists trekked across the Americas: from moist, tropical jungles of Panama to the frigid boreal forests of Colorado to the wet temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest.

(From tropical to boreal ecosystems, temperature drives functioning, National Science Foundation)

A country in Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama.

(Colombia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Continental North America south of Mexico that is usually considered to comprise the present day countries of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

(Mesoamerica, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

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)

He might say, as he did say, that a right angle was a proper sort of angle, or put Panama in Sicily, but old Joshua Allen would as soon have thought of raising his cane against him as he would of letting me off if I had said as much.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A team of academics from the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, observed the courtship rituals and sequenced the DNA from nearly 300 butterflies to find out how much of the genome was responsible for their mating behaviour.

(Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them, University of Cambridge)

It wasn't until the rise of the Isthmus of Panama, about 4 million years ago that North and South America were connected and animals could migrate between the continents — a major event known as the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI).

(First-ever fossil monkey found in North America, NSF)

He was a tall, handsome, swarthy fellow, clad in a suit of grey flannel, with a Panama hat, a bristling black beard, and a great, aggressive hooked nose, and flourishing a cane as he walked.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)