Pan American Games
plural noun
an amateur athletic competition, patterned after the Olympic Games and held every four years in a different host city, involving all the nations of the Western Hemisphere.
Origin of Pan American Games
1First recorded in 1965–70
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How to use Pan American Games in a sentence
At the 2019 Pan American Games, hammer thrower Gwen Berry raised her fist during the national anthem and fencer Race Imboden knelt on the podium.
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