PANAMA

or Spanish Panamá geographical name country S Central America; a republic; before 1903 part of Colombia area (including Canal Zone) 33,659 square miles (87,177 square kilometers ), population 2,563,000, city & port, its capital, on Gulf of ~ population 411,549, ship canal 51 miles (82 kilometers ) central ~ connecting the Atlantic (Caribbean Sea) & the Pacific (Gulf of ~) , ~nian adjective or noun