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Panamanian, a. and n.|pænəˈmeɪnɪən|
Also † Panamenian.
[Irreg., f. Panama + -n- + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Panama.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Panama.
This form with medial -e- (quots. 1869, 1892) is an adaptation of the Spanish term Panameño.
1855R. Tomes Panama in 1855 vii. 216, I had no means of judging of the intimate character of the Panamanian dames. 1869Pim & Seemann Dottings in Panama xi. 184 The Panamenians displayed great heroism, but..the buccaneers could not be repulsed. 1889W. Nelson Five Yrs. Panama 50 The native Panamanians being great stay-at-homes. 1892J. Bornn in G. S. Minot Hist. Panama xv. 74 The Buccaneer..desired..precious metals and stones... But their search for these disclosed to them the fact that the Panamenian had provided against this emergency by placing these aboard a ship, with orders to sail away if the city should fall. 1906M. A. Chatfield Let. 21 Jan. in Light On Dark Places at Panama (1908) 45 The best [hotel], the Central, charged $4.00 gold per day, $8.00 Panamanian. 1913Chambers's Jrnl. July 503/2 Travelling without any Spanish and without binoculars puts one wholly at the mercy of the secretive Panamánian or the wily Indian. 1934[see Honduran, Hondurean a. and n.]. 1959Listener 23 Apr. 718/1 A former Panamanian ambassador in London. 1964Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 16/6 Panamanian claims to sovereignty over the Canal Zone. 1976Times 5 Feb. 20/4 The Lloyd's report shows that 14 of last year's casualties were registered under the Panamanian flag. 1976Sci. Amer. Sept. 140/2 Nicolás Ardito Barletti, a Panamanian, attempted to place a value on the social benefit from research. |