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Miraflores

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

plural noun

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


Miraflores British  
/ ˌmɪrəˈflɔːrəs, miraˈflores /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

With its neat rows of detached family homes, complete with grass lawns and porches, Miraflores could be mistaken for a typical American suburb.

From BBC Jan. 29, 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

Gandalin journeyed to Miraflores to acquaint Oriana with the news that Corisanda had arrived at Court and had been reunited to Florestan.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis

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