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パナマ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun

Panama

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the country in Central America.

パナマ運うん河がは有ゆう名めいな観かん光こう地ちです。
The Panama Canal is a famous tourist spot.

Written forms

パナマUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling for the country name; usually written in kana.
巴奈馬ぱなま
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji spelling; rarely used and mainly of historical interest.

Kanji

巴comma-design
奈

Nara, what?

馬horse

Etymology

From Spanish/English 'Panama', possibly via an indigenous name. The ateji spelling 巴奈馬 is a phonetic rendering.