panama

pan·a·ma

noun, often capitalized \ˈpa-nə-ˌmä, -ˌmȯ\

Definition of PANAMA

: a lightweight hat of natural-colored straw hand-plaited of narrow strips from the young leaves of the jipijapa; also : a machine-made imitation of this

Origin of PANAMA

American Spanish panamá, from Panama, Central America

First Known Use: 1848

Rhymes with PANAMA

abaca, Abdullah, Adana, agora, ahimsa, aloha, Antalya, assignat, Astana, Aymara, baccarat, baklava, Bogotá, brouhaha, cervelat, coup d'état, Cumaná, Delacroix, entrechat, feria, guarana, haftarah, haniwa, Heredia, inshallah, Kashiwa, koruna, Kostroma, la-di-da, ma-and-pa, Machida, Malinois, Mardi Gras, Masséna, Modena, moussaka, Oshawa, pakeha, Panama, Paraná, parashah, pas de trois, persona, pietà, podesta, polenta, polynya, port de bras, reseda, rufiyaa, Shangri-la, tempura, ulema, usquebaugh