Thread: Where does Panama get its name?
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Old 12-16-2007   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ankuranks View Post
Panama got its name from the Latin word meaning silence,no idea about when it was named so.

Please read above--it is not named from the Latin for 'silence,' which is 'silentium,' my post clearly states the commonly accepted source of the name and when it was so named.

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