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Panakton (Attika)
Panakton (Πανακτόν, Panactum) was an Athenian fortress on the Attic-Boeotian frontier above Prasino in the Skourta plain, destroyed by the Boeotians in 420 BC, abandoned ca. 200 BC, and later a 14th-century Frankish village.
Panalanoy
Panalanoy (Panalaron) is a populated place and barangay in Tacloban City, Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines; GeoNames lists 189,090 residents, coordinates 11.25°N 125.01°E, postal code 6500. Distinct from Panalo-on (Lanao del Norte) and Palanan (Isabela).
Panama
Panama: Central American country on the isthmus linking the Americas, home of the Panama Canal (opened 1914, Panamanian-controlled since 1999). Dollarized, service-dominated economy with high growth and high inequality.
Panama (music)
Panama is a nightclub and event venue in a former power station on the IJ waterfront in Amsterdam, open since the early 2000s and a regular Amsterdam Dance Event venue.
Panama (song)
"Panama" is a 1984 hard rock song by Van Halen, third single from the album 1984, peaking at #13 on the Hot 100. Written by all four band members, it is about a car, not the country, and features Eddie Van Halen's Lamborghini Miura S engine revving in the bridge.
Panama Basin
Panama Basin: oceanic basin of the eastern equatorial Pacific, bounded by the Cocos, Carnegie, and Galapagos ridges; tectonically active, productive, hypoxic at 400 m; Gulf of Panama upwelling failed in 2025.
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal, also known as Canal de Panamá, is an artificial waterway across the isthmus of Panama linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through locks, opened in 1914.
Panama Canal Authority
The Panama Canal Authority (Autoridad del Canal de Panamá, ACP) is the Panamanian public entity that operates the Panama Canal, taking over from the United States on December 31, 1999.
Panama Canal expansion project
The Panama Canal expansion project, also called the Third Set of Locks, added a new lane of locks opened in 2016 to let larger Neopanamax vessels cross the canal.
Panama Canal locks
The Panama Canal locks are chamber systems that raise ships 26 meters to Gatun Lake using only gravity, with original locks from 1914 and new locks from 2016.
Panama Canal Railway
The Panama Canal Railway is a railway line across the Isthmus of Panama linking Colón with Panama City, opened in 1855 as the first railroad to run from ocean to ocean.
Panama Canal Zone
The Panama Canal Zone (Zona del Canal de Panamá) was a strip of US-governed territory in Panama, granted in 1903 and returned to Panamanian jurisdiction in 1979.
Panama City
Panama City (Ciudad de Panamá), capital of Panama, founded 15 August 1519 by Pedrarias Dávila as the first Spanish city on the American Pacific; destroyed by Henry Morgan in 1671 and relocated to Casco Antiguo; distinct from Panama City, Florida.
Panama City Beach, Florida
Panama City Beach, Florida (PCB): a Gulf Coast resort city in Bay County, incorporated 1970 from four merged communities, with about 20,000 residents, 27 miles of white-sand beaches, roughly 4.5 million annual visitors, no property tax, and a tourism-driven economy.
Panama City, Florida
Panama City, Florida, county seat of Bay County on St. Andrews Bay; founded as Harrison, renamed by G.M. West in 1906; 37,806 residents (2025 est.); port, military, and tourism economy; recovering from 2018's Hurricane Michael.
Panama disease
Panama disease, or Fusarium wilt of banana, is caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. Race 1 destroyed Gros Michel; tropical race 4 now threatens Cavendish bananas worldwide.
Panama hat
Panama hat (sombrero de paja toquilla): a brimmed straw hat hand-woven in Ecuador from Carludovica palmata fiber, misnamed for its export route through Panama; UNESCO intangible heritage 2012; weaving takes one day to eight months.
Panama national football team
Panama national football team (Selección de fútbol de Panamá), FEPAFUT's men's side in Concacaf. Two World Cups (2018, 2026), coached by Thomas Christiansen since 2020, 2023 Gold Cup runners-up, FIFA rank 44th in July 2026.
Panamá Oeste
Panamá Oeste, Panama's newest province, created by Law 119 of 30 December 2013 from Panamá province, effective 1 January 2014. Capital La Chorrera; five districts; 606,458 residents in 2020; borders Colón, Panamá, Coclé, and the Pacific.
Panama Papers
The Panama Papers: 11.5 million leaked Mossack Fonseca files (2.6 TB) exposing 214,488 offshore entities, published April 3, 2016 by ICIJ and 100+ media partners after a year of reporting by 370+ journalists in nearly 80 countries; Iceland's PM resigned and over $1.3 billion was recovered worldwide.
Panama Papers case
The Panama Papers case, or Panamagate case, was Panama's money laundering prosecution of the Mossack Fonseca law firm and its founders, who were acquitted by all 28 defendants in 2024.
Panama Ports Company
Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings, operated the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal at the Panama Canal from 1997 until 2026.
Panama–California Exposition
Panama–California Exposition, San Diego world's fair held in Balboa Park January 1, 1915 to January 1, 1917, celebrating the Panama Canal; Spanish Colonial Revival architecture by Bertram Goodhue; distinct from San Francisco's 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Panamanian balboa
The Panamanian balboa (PAB) is Panama's currency, pegged at exactly one balboa to one US dollar since 1904 and issued only as coins, with US dollar banknotes serving as paper money.
Panamanian golden frog
Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki), Cerro Campana stubfoot toad, a critically endangered Panamanian toad, extinct in the wild since 2009 from chytridiomycosis; toxic yellow skin, arm-waving communication, captive breeding and 2025 trial releases.
Panamax
Panamax is a ship-size class defined by the original Panama Canal locks, fitting vessels up to 965 feet long, and it remains a distinct, heavily traded class after the 2016 expansion.
Panameñista Party
The Panameñista Party (Partido Panameñista), also known as the Arnulfista Party, is a nationalist political party of Panama founded in 1952 as the electoral vehicle of Arnulfo Arias Madrid.
Panamuwa I
Panamuwa I, son of Qarli, was a king of Samʾal in the first half of the eighth century BCE, known from an inscription on a statue of Hadad.
Panamuwa II
Panamuwa II was a king of Sam'al, an Aramean city state at Zincirli, who reigned as a vassal of Assyria and died in battle in 732 BC.
Panamuwa stele
The Panamuwa stele, or Panamuwa inscription, comprises two eighth-century BCE Sam'alian royal memorial inscriptions from Zincirli, ancient Sam'al, commemorating kings Panamuwa I and Panamuwa II.