Darien

[ dair-ee-en, -uhn, dar-, dair-ee-en, dar- ]

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noun

Gulf of Darien, an arm of the Caribbean between northeastern Panama and northwestern Colombia.
Isthmus of Darien, former name of the Isthmus of Panama.
a town in southwestern Connecticut.
a city in northeastern Illinois.

Darien

/ ˈdæ-; ˈdɛərɪən /

the E part of the Isthmus of Panama, between the Gulf of Darien on the Caribbean coast and the Gulf of San Miguel on the Pacific coast; chiefly within the republic of Panama but extending also into Colombia: site of a disastrous attempt to establish a Scottish colony in 1698
Isthmus of Darien
the former name of the Isthmus of Panama

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