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Quel Panama!
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French
Etymology
From the collapse of the Panama Company, under Lesseps, one of the largest corporate collapses in history, when it failed to build the en Panama Canal at the end of the 19th century. What a Panama!.
Interjection
Quel Panama!
fr France Vietnam Cambodia Laos New Caledonia Algeria Morocco Tunisia Réunion West Africa historical early 20th c. what a mess; what a boondoggle; what a disaster
See also
fr canal de Panama Panama