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[ gah-toon ] / gɑˈtun /
nouna town in the N Canal Zone of Panama. a large dam near this town. 1½ miles (2 km) long. Words nearby GatunGatling gun, gator, Gatorade, GATT, gat-toothed, Gatun, Gatun Lake, gatvol, gauche, gaucherie, Gaucher's cell Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for GatunAs a matter of fact, Gatun Dam proved the happiest surprise of the whole waterway. The Panama Canal|Frederic Jennings Haskin The Gatun dam is, however, founded upon the alluvial deposits of the Chagres River. The Panama Canal|J. Saxon Mills Behind was the bubbling, leaping flow of the spillway itself, and Gatun Dam. Raiders Invisible|Desmond Winter Hall When they had gone thus far it was then decided to build a little dam a few yards long identical in cross section with Gatun Dam. The Panama Canal|Frederic Jennings Haskin
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