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Panama Canal Zone
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˈpænəmɑː kəˈnæl ˌzəʊn/
Proper noun
Panama Canal Zone
en 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
en 1971 w:Lyndon Johnson w:The Vantage Point https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/ w:Holt, Reinhart & Winston 0-03-084492-4 74-102146 1067880747 180 https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/page/180/ 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.
en 1986 In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology Joseph Beam With My Head Held Up High Gilberto Gerald 41 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.
Synonyms
en Canal Zone (common shortening)
Related terms
en panama
en Panama hat
en Panamanian
Translations
historical territory within Panama
Catalan: ca Zona de Canal de Panamà f
Dutch: nl Kanaalzone, nl Panamakanaalzone
French: fr Zone du canal de Panama m
Georgian: ka პანამის არხის ზონა
German: de Panama-Kanalzone
Korean: ko 파나마 운하 지대
Spanish: es Zona del Canal de Panamá f, es Zona del Canal f shortening
Welsh: cy Ardal Camlas Panama m
en Canals