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# panama

noun, a name (Panama); also a panama (a hat, panamas)

«panama» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) Panama is a country in Central America that joins North and South America; its capital is Panama City. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#m1)
2. (a name) The Panama Canal is a famous canal across Panama that lets ships sail between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans without going all the way around South America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#m2)
3. A panama (or Panama hat) is a light summer hat woven from straw-like leaves; it is actually made in Ecuador. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons Panama is the narrow strip of land between two oceans, and the Panama Canal is a great engineering story: ships are lifted by locks, and it saves thousands of kilometres. Many workers died building it, from disease and accidents. In everyday life a panama is a smart summer hat, worn by cricket fans and grandads. Phrases: the Panama Canal, the Isthmus of Panama, a panama hat.

### Examples

- Panama joins North America to South America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#x1)
- Ships use the Panama Canal to cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#x2)
- Locks lift the ships up and down in the Panama Canal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#x3)
- The canal saves ships a very long trip around South America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#x4)
- Grandad wore his panama hat at the cricket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#x5)
- Panama hats are really made in Ecuador. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#x6)
- Panama City is the capital of Panama. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#x7)
- Many workers died of malaria while building the Panama Canal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/#x8)

### Note

As a country it is a name, written with a capital P: Panama. The hat can be written with a small p: a panama. Pronounced «PAN-uh-mah». A person from Panama is Panamanian.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «panama» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panama/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«panama» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/panama.html) on Mova free.