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Bryan-Chamorro Treaty

[ brahy-uhn chah-mawr-oh ]
/ ˈbraɪ ən tʃɑˈmɔr oʊ /
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noun
a treaty (1914) between the United States and Nicaragua by which the United States secured exclusive rights to build a canal across Nicaragua, to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
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