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Gatun

[ gah-toon ]

/ gɑˈtun /

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noun

a town in the N Canal Zone of Panama.

a large dam near this town. 1½ miles (2 km) long.

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Words nearby Gatun

Gatling gun, gator, Gatorade, GATT, gat-toothed, Gatun, Gatun Lake, gatvol, gauche, gaucherie, Gaucher's disease

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How to use Gatun in a sentence

At Gatun the eighty-five-foot lake level is obtained by a dam across the valley.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
At Gatun ships pass from the sea to the lake level, and vice versa, by three locks in flight.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
Where it was once believed that Gatun Dam would be the hardest task on the Isthmus it proved to be the easiest.
The Panama Canal|Frederic Jennings Haskin
The surface of the water in this lake is normally 85 feet higher than the surface of the water seaward from Gatun and Miraflores.
The Panama Canal|Frederic Jennings Haskin

As a matter of fact, Gatun Dam proved the happiest surprise of the whole waterway.
The Panama Canal|Frederic Jennings Haskin