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

In Miraflores, which housed the industry's top executives, many homes now sit abandoned and looted, their windows smashed and wiring stripped bare.

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

I thought Miraflores might possibly be on the Amazon last night, and so, while you sat dawdling over letter-paper and pen, little Howard Stanley was up and doing.

From The Key to Yesterday by Buck, Charles Neville

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