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Miraflores

American

[mir-uh-flawr-uhs, -flohr-, mee-rah-flaw-res] / ˌmɪr əˈflɔr əs, -ˈfloʊr-, ˌmi rɑˈflɔ rɛs /

plural noun

the locks of the Panama Canal, near the entrance to the Pacific Ocean.

Miraflores British

/ ˌmɪrəˈflɔːrəs, miraˈflores /

noun

an artificial lake in Panama, in the S Canal Zone of the Panama Canal

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As perhaps the only U.S. businessman who could shuttle between Mar-a-Lago and the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, few Americans had worked harder and longer than Sargeant to pry open the Venezuela market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

"We are ready to advance a new, intense work agenda for the wellbeing of...all the people of Europe and of Venezuela," Gil said in a broadcast from the Miraflores presidential palace.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

From its address, 777 Miraflores, came its name.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

The incumbent celebrated the announcement outside the Miraflores presidential palace.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

The home-coming of Señor Miraflores must of necessity be unostentatious, since his arrival would be the signal for the conversion of the quiet steeps of San Francisco into craters.

From The Key to Yesterday by Buck, Charles Neville

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