Meanings
nounPanamanian (plural Panamanians)
plural Panamanians
- A person from Panama or of Panamanian descent.
Most Panamanians are adamant that the canal, completed in 1914, will not return to U.S. control.
2025 April 8, Whitney Eulich, Andrea Salcedo, “For Panamanians, the canal is theirs. But who profits from it?”, in The Christian Science Monitor - A person from Panama City.
adjectivePanamanian (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Panama or Panamanian people.
Now when Ruthie says come see her / In her honky-tonk lagoon / Where I can watch her waltz for free / 'Neath her Panamanian moon
1966, Bob Dylan, “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, in Blonde on Blonde
Origin
From Panama + -ian, with euphonic -n-.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пана́мец, пана́мка
- пана́мец (panámec)person from Panama
- пана́мка (panámka)person from Panama
- пана́мци (panámci)person from Panama
- пана́мки (panámki)person from Panama
- пана́мец (panámec)person from Panama City
- пана́мка (panámka)person from Panama City
- пана́мски (panámski)pertaining to Panama
Catalan panameny, panamenya
- panamenyperson from Panama
- panamenyaperson from Panama
- panamenypertaining to Panama
Chinese Mandarin 巴拿馬人 /巴拿马人
- 巴拿馬人 /巴拿马人 (Bānámǎrén)person from Panama
Czech Panamec, panamský
- Panamecperson from Panama
- panamskýpertaining to Panama
Dutch Panamees, Panamees
- Panameesperson from Panama
- Panameespertaining to Panama
Esperanto panamiano, panamianino
- panamianoperson from Panama
- panamianinoperson from Panama
- panamanoperson from Panama City
- panamaninoperson from Panama City
Finnish panamalainen, panamalainen
- panamalainenperson from Panama
- panamalainenpertaining to Panama
French Panaméen, Panamien
- Panaméenperson from Panama
- Panamienperson from Panama
- Panamanienperson from Panama
- Panamègneperson from Panama
- Panaméenneperson from Panama
- Panaméenperson from Panama City
- Panamienperson from Panama City
- Panamanienperson from Panama City
- Panamègneperson from Panama City
- panamienpertaining to Panama
- panaméenpertaining to Panama
German Panamaer, Panamaerin
- Panamaerperson from Panama
- Panamaerinperson from Panama
- panamaischpertaining to Panama
Italian panamense, panamense
- panamenseperson from Panama
- panamenseperson from Panama City
- panamegnopertaining to Panama
Norwegian Bokmål panamaner, panamansk
- panamanerperson from Panama
- panamanskpertaining to Panama
Polish Panamczyk, Panamka
- Panamczykperson from Panama
- Panamkaperson from Panama
- panamczykperson from Panama City
- panamkaperson from Panama City
- panamskipertaining to Panama
Portuguese panamenho, panamenho
- panamenhoperson from Panama
- panamenhopertaining to Panama
Romanian panamez, panameză
- panamezperson from Panama
- panamezăperson from Panama
- panamezperson from Panama City
- panamezăperson from Panama City
- panamezpertaining to Panama
Russian жи́тель Пана́мы, жи́тельница Пана́мы
- жи́тель Пана́мы (žítelʹ Panámy)person from Panama
- жи́тельница Пана́мы (žítelʹnica Panámy)person from Panama
- пана́мский (panámskij)pertaining to Panama
Spanish panameño, panameña
- panameñoperson from Panama
- panameñaperson from Panama
- canaleroperson from Panama
- panameñopertaining to Panama
- canaleropertaining to Panama
Swahili Mpanama, Kipanama
- Mpanamaperson from Panama
- Kipanamapertaining to Panama
Swedish panaman, panamanska
- panamanperson from Panama
- panamanskaperson from Panama
- panamanskpertaining to Panama
Turkish Panamalı
- Panamalıperson from Panama
Ukrainian пана́мський
- пана́мський (panámsʹkyj)pertaining to Panama
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Panamanian
IranianRomanianUkrainianAlbanianLithuanianJordanianTasmanianCanaanpomeranianMauritanianPennsylvanianTransylvanianLacanianuranianbibliomaniancyaneanGaditanianHyrcanianLucanianlusitanianRhodaniansupramediterraneantitanianVaticanian
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Panamanian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Panamanian
MLA
“Panamanian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Panamanian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Panamanian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Panamanian.
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