Panamanian

English

Etymology

From Panama +‎ -ian, with euphonic -n-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pænəˈmeɪni.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniən

Noun

Panamanian (plural Panamanians)

1. A person from Panama or of Panamanian descent.
   • 2025 April 8, Whitney Eulich, Andrea Salcedo, “For Panamanians, the canal is theirs. But who profits from it?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     Most Panamanians are adamant that the canal, completed in 1914, will not return to U.S. control.

2. A person from Panama City.

Translations

person from Panama

• Asturian: panamiegu (ast) m, panamiega (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: panamalı
• Bulgarian: пана́мец m (panámec), пана́мка f (panámka), пана́мци (bg) m pl (panámci), пана́мки f pl (panámki)
• Catalan: panameny (ca) m, panamenya (ca) f
• Czech: Panamec (cs) m
• Dutch: Panamees (nl) m
• Esperanto: panamiano m or f, panamianino f
• Finnish: panamalainen (fi)
• French: Panaméen (fr) m, Panamien m (less frequent), Panamanien (fr) m (rare), Panamègne (fr) m (obsolete and rare), Panaméenne (fr) f
• Galician: panameño (gl) m
• German: Panamaer (de) m, Panamaerin (de) f
• Italian: panamense (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: panamaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: panaman (nn) m, panamanar (nn) m

• Polish: Panamczyk (pl) m, Panamka (pl) f
• Portuguese: panamenho (pt) m
• Romanian: panamez (ro) m, panameză (ro) f
• Russian: жи́тель Пана́мы m (žítelʹ Panámy), жи́тельница Пана́мы f (žítelʹnica Panámy)
• Serbo-Croatian: Panamac (sh) m, Panamka f
• Spanish: panameño (es) m, panameña (es) f; canalero m
• Swahili: Mpanama (sw)
• Swedish: panaman (sv) c (male), panamanska (sv) c (female)
• Turkish: Panamalı (tr)

person from Panama City

• Bulgarian: пана́мец m (panámec), пана́мка f (panámka)
• Esperanto: panamano m or f, panamanino f
• French: Panaméen (fr), Panamien (less frequent), Panamanien (fr) (rare), Panamègne (fr) (obsolete and rare) m
• Italian: panamense (it) m
• Polish: panamczyk (pl) m, panamka (pl) f
• Romanian: panamez (ro) m, panameză (ro) f

Adjective

Panamanian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Panama or Panamanian people.
   • 1966, Bob Dylan, “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, in Blonde on Blonde:

     Now when Ruthie says come see her / In her honky-tonk lagoon / Where I can watch her waltz for free / 'Neath her Panamanian moon

Derived terms

• Panamanianness
• Panamanian white-faced capuchin

Related terms

• panama, Panama hat
• Panama Canal, Panama Canal Zone

Translations

pertaining to Panama

• Asturian: panamiegu (ast)
• Belarusian: пана́мскі (panámski)
• Bulgarian: пана́мски (panámski)
• Catalan: panameny (ca)
• Czech: panamský (cs)
• Dutch: Panamees (nl)
• Finnish: panamalainen (fi)
• French: panamien (fr), panaméen (fr) m
• Galician: panameño (gl)
• German: panamaisch (de)
• Italian: panamegno
• Macedonian: панамски (panamski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: panamansk (no)

  Nynorsk: panamansk (nn)

• Polish: panamski (pl)
• Portuguese: panamenho (pt)
• Romanian: panamez (ro)
• Russian: пана́мский (ru) (panámskij)
• Spanish: panameño (es); canalero
• Swahili: Kipanama
• Swedish: panamansk (sv)
• Ukrainian: пана́мський (panámsʹkyj)