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pan-pan

[ pahn-pahn ]
/ ˈpɑnˈpɑn /

noun

an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.

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Nearby words

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Sometimes pan [pahn] /pɑn/.

Origin of pan-pan

reduplication and alteration of French panne ‘breakdown, failure’
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