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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

panama

/ˈpænəmɑ/

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What does panama mean?

noun

  1. Alternative form of Panama (“type of hat”).
  2. A Panama hat.

proper noun

  1. A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Panama.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpænəmɑ/

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And aren't you glad now that I made you wait about buying a Panama hat till you reached Kingston?
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
He also discusses, among other similar questions, the Isthmus of Panama with regard to its having once been a strait.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
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His head was covered by a new Panama hat, and his narrow black tie, half undone, dangled down on his rumpled shirt-front.
Edith WhartonSummerProject Gutenberg ebook #166
The cavalcade wound on like a jointed caterpillar, tufted with the white parasols of the ladies, and the panama hats of the gentlemen.
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
Nothing would delight him more than a visit to Panama to see what the organization of knowledge has been able to accomplish.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566