Darien
Americannoun
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Gulf of Darien, an arm of the Caribbean between northeastern Panama and northwestern Colombia.
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Isthmus of Darien, former name of the Isthmus of Panama.
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a town in southwestern Connecticut.
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a city in northeastern Illinois.
noun
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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
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the former name of the Isthmus of Panama
Example Sentences
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After moving to Darien, Conn., the introverted Dalton struggled to make friends until she started playing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
After conquering South America, which involved dodging gangs in the jungles of the Darien Gap, which bridges Panama and Colombia, his route took him through Mexico.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
Many made the treacherous journey through the jungles of the Darien Gap before setting up camp in a park near the Perkins K-8 school.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025
“Petey’s like ‘No way, my best friend from school lives in Darien, you should talk to him,’” Berard says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 13, 2025
However, they are fragmented by geography and by ecology: the Isthmus of Panama, only 40 miles wide, virtually transects the Americas geographically, as do the isthmus’s Darien rain forests and the northern Mexican desert ecologically.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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