Panama Canal

Panama Canal
Panama Canal
a ↑canal (=artificial river) that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans across the Isthums of Panama, allowing ships to avoid having to sail around the southern part of South America. It opened in 1914, after ten years of building, and is 64 km/40 miles long.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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