panama canal zone
/ˈpænəmɑː kəˈnæl ˌzəʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."