# Panama
## English

Wikivoyage

### Alternative forms

* Panamá

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Panamá, of unknown origin. Possibly from a Chibchan language such as Kuna, or another indigenous language of the region (such as Cueva, which is barely attested and is now extinct).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈpæn.ə.mɑː/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Panama
* A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Panama.

#### Derived terms

* New Panamax
* Panama Canal
* Panama City
* Panama hat
* Panamanian
* Panama Papers
* Panama sole
* Panamax
* post-Panamax

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 巴拿馬 / 巴拿马 (Bānámǎ)
* → Rarotongan: Panama

#### Translations
### Noun

Panama (plural Panamas)
* A Panama hat.

#### Translations
### See also

* Belize
* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Nicaragua
* Panama

### Further reading

* Panama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Anampa

## Azerbaijani
### Proper noun

Panama (definite accusative Panamanı, plural Panamalar)
* Panama (a country in Central America)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Panama
* Panama (a country in Central America)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpanama]

### Proper noun

Panama f (relational adjective panamský, demonym Panaman or Panamec)
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Panama”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Panama”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Panama”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

Panama
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Related terms

* panamaner
* panamansk

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Panama n
* Panama (a country in Central America)

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑnɑmɑ/, [ˈpɑnɑmɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑnɑmɑ
* Hyphenation: Pa‧na‧ma

### Proper noun

Panama (genitive Panama, partitive Panamat)
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish Panamá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑnɑmɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝nɑ̝mɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑnɑmɑ
* Hyphenation: Pa‧na‧ma

### Proper noun

Panama
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Panama (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Panamani
accusative
nom.
Panamani
gen.
Panamani
genitive
Panamani
partitive
Panamaani
inessive
Panamassani
elative
Panamastani
illative
Panamaani
adessive
Panamallani
ablative
Panamaltani
allative
Panamalleni
essive
Panamanani
translative
Panamakseni
abessive
Panamattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Panamasi
accusative
nom.
Panamasi
gen.
Panamasi
genitive
Panamasi
partitive
Panamaasi
inessive
Panamassasi
elative
Panamastasi
illative
Panamaasi
adessive
Panamallasi
ablative
Panamaltasi
allative
Panamallesi
essive
Panamanasi
translative
Panamaksesi
abessive
Panamattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Panamamme
accusative
nom.
Panamamme
gen.
Panamamme
genitive
Panamamme
partitive
Panamaamme
inessive
Panamassamme
elative
Panamastamme
illative
Panamaamme
adessive
Panamallamme
ablative
Panamaltamme
allative
Panamallemme
essive
Panamanamme
translative
Panamaksemme
abessive
Panamattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Panamanne
accusative
nom.
Panamanne
gen.
Panamanne
genitive
Panamanne
partitive
Panamaanne
inessive
Panamassanne
elative
Panamastanne
illative
Panamaanne
adessive
Panamallanne
ablative
Panamaltanne
allative
Panamallenne
essive
Panamananne
translative
Panamaksenne
abessive
Panamattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Panamansa
accusative
nom.
Panamansa
gen.
Panamansa
genitive
Panamansa
partitive
Panamaansa
inessive
Panamassaan Panamassansa
elative
Panamastaan Panamastansa
illative
Panamaansa
adessive
Panamallaan Panamallansa
ablative
Panamaltaan Panamaltansa
allative
Panamalleen Panamallensa
essive
Panamanaan Panamanansa
translative
Panamakseen Panamaksensa
abessive
Panamattaan Panamattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* panamahattu
* panamalainen
* panamanpuumuura

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Panama n (proper noun, genitive Panamas or (optionally with an article) Panama)
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* Panamaer
* Panamahut
* panamaisch
* Panamakanal

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɒnɒmɒ]
* Hyphenation: Pa‧na‧ma
* Rhymes: -mɒ

### Proper noun

Panama
* Panama (a country in Central America; official name: Panamai Köztársaság)

#### Derived terms

* panamai
* Panama-csatorna
* Panamaváros

### See also

* Belize
* Costa Rica
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Salvador
* ↑ The Hungarian term may also refer to Middle America in the political and human geographical sense, including Mexico—Mexikó—and the West Indies. For the latter, see Nagy-Antillák, Kis-Antillák, Bahama-szigetek, Turks- és Caicos-szigetek.

## Irish
### Proper noun

Panama m (genitive Phanama)
* Panama (a country in Central America)
* Panama City (the capital and largest city of Panama)

#### Derived terms

* Panamach (“Panamanian”, adjective)
* Panamach m (“Panamanian”)

#### Related terms

* (hata) panama (“Panama hat”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Panama”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “Panama”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* Panamà

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.na.ma/
* Rhymes: -anama
* Hyphenation: Pà‧na‧ma

### Proper noun

Panama f
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* panamense

## Latin
### Proper noun

Panama f sg (genitive Panamae); first declension
* (New Latin) Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

## Latvian
### Proper noun

Panama f (4th declension)
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Related terms

* panamietis m, panamiete f

## Lithuanian
### Proper noun

Panama f
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* panamietis m, panamietė f

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Panama
* Panama (a country in Central America)

### See also

* panamaner
* panamansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Panama
* Panama (a country in Central America)

### See also

* panaman, panamanar
* panamansk

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈna.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: Pa‧na‧ma

### Proper noun

Panama f (related adjective panamski)
* Panama (a country in Central America)
* Panama City (the capital and largest city of Panama)

#### Derived terms

* Panamczyk
* panamczyk
* Panamka
* panamka

### See also

* Belize
* Gwatemala
* Honduras
* Kostaryka
* Nikaragua
* Panama
* Salwador

### Further reading

* Panama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Rarotongan
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Panama and Spanish Panama.

### Proper noun

Panama
* Panama (a country in Central America)

### References

“Panama” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Panama f
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* panamez m, panameză f

### Further reading

* Panama in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pǎnama/
* Hyphenation: Pa‧na‧ma

### Proper noun

Pànama f (Cyrillic spelling Па̀нама)
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpanama]

### Proper noun

Panama f
* Panama (a country in Central America)

### Further reading

* “Panama”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Panama n (genitive Panamas)
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Related terms

* panaman
* panamansk
* panamanska

### References

* Panama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Panamá (“Panama”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /panaˈma/ [pɐ.n̪ɐˈma]
*** Rhymes: -a
** IPA: /ˈpanama/ [ˌpaː.n̪ɐˈma] (English influence)
*** Rhymes: -anama
* Syllabification: Pa‧na‧ma

### Proper noun

Panamá or Pánamá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜋ)
* Panama (a country in Central America)

### Anagrams

* pamana

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Panama
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Derived terms

* Panamalı

### See also

* Belize
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Kosta Rika
* Nikaragua
* Panama

## Uzbek
### Proper noun

Panama
* Panama (a country in Central America)

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* Panamâ

### Proper noun

Panama f
* Panama (a country in Central America)

#### Coordinate terms

* Belîs
* Costa Rica
* El Salfador
* Gwatemala
* Hondwras
* Nicaragwa
* Panama

#### Derived terms

* het Banama (“Panama hat”)