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Panama Canal Zone en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpænəmɑː kəˈnæl ˌzəʊn/

Meanings

  1. (historical) A United States concession within Panama, stretching along the course of the Panama Canal but excluding the sea port cities Panama City and Colón under the 18 November 1903 lease treaty until the return of state control on 30 September 1979. Former postal code: CZ
    • My parents, however, chose not to be subjected to the indignities and unequal treatment doled out in those days to Blacks in the Panama Canal Zone. They chose to give birth to me in a Panamanian hospital. 1986, Gilberto Gerald, “With My Head Held Up High”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 41:
    • On January 7, 1964, a group of American students at Balboa High School in the Panama Canal Zone set into motion events that soon threatened our relations with Panama and endangered operation of the Panama Canal. It was, on the surface, an inoffensive act: The students raised the American flag in front of the school. 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 180:

Relateds

panama · Panama hat · Panamanian

Synonyms

Canal Zone

Translations (10)

nl Panamakanaalzone (historical territory within Panama) · fr Zone du canal de Panama (historical territory within Panama) · cy Ardal Camlas Panama (historical territory within Panama) · ca Zona de Canal de Panamà (historical territory within Panama) · es Zona del Canal de Panamá (historical territory within Panama) · ka პანამის არხის ზონა (historical territory within Panama) · nl Kanaalzone (historical territory within Panama) · es Zona del Canal (historical territory within Panama) · de Panama-Kanalzone (historical territory within Panama) · ko 파나마 운하 지대 (historical territory within Panama)