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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The use of sterile flies pushed the screwworms south below the Darien Gap, Panama's heavily-forested border region with Colombia.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
At 5-foot-4, the Darien, Conn., native isn’t physically imposing, but her quickness, vision and footwork make her a perpetual threat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“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
In his response to Trump's actions, President Petro noted that if talks over managing migration through Darien were suspended, "illegal activities will increase".
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 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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