Panama BrE AmE
a country on the Isthmus of Panama, a narrow piece of land connecting Central and South America, between Costa Rica and Colombia. Population: 3,292,693 (2008). Capital: Panama City. Panama is known especially for the Panama Canal, a long, narrow stretch of water that was built across the country in 1914 in order to allow ships to sail between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. ⇨ ↑ Noriega
—Panamanian /ˌpænəˈmeɪniən◂/ noun , adjective