a country in Central America; population 3,360,500 (est. 2009); official language, Spanish; capital, Panama City
a man’s wide-brimmed hat of straw-like material, originally made from the leaves of a particular tropical palm tree
in the narrowest sense, the site of the Panama Canal. More broadly, all the territory of Panama, or the entire region that connects North and South America. Formerly called Isthmus of Darien
the capital of Panama, situated on the Pacific coast close to the Panama Canal; population 425,600 (est. 2009)
a potent variety of marijuana from Panama that is reddish in color
a canal about 80 km (50 miles) long, across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its construction, begun by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1881 but abandoned in 1889, was completed by the US between 1904 and 1914. Control of the canal remained with the US until 1999, at which date it was ceded to Panama
a fungal disease of bananas producing yellowing and wilting of the leaves
a man’s wide-brimmed hat of straw-like material, originally made from the leaves of a particular tropical palm tree