PANAMA


Meaning of PANAMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpa-nə-ˌmä, -ˌmȯ ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: American Spanish panamá, from Panama, Central America

Date: 1848

: a lightweight hat of natural-colored straw hand-plaited of narrow strips from the young leaves of the jipijapa ; also : a machine-made imitation of this

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.