English Dictionary: pen name | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Corallin \Cor"al*lin\, n. [So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral.] (Chem.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See {Aurin}, and {Rosolic acid} under {Rosolic}. {Red corallin}, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also {p[91]onin}. {Yellow corallin}. See {Aurin}. | |
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P91onine \P[91]"o*nine\ (p[emac]"[osl]*n[icr]n), n. (Chem.) An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also {red coralline}. | |
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Painim \Pai"nim\, n.[OE. painime pagans, paganism, fr. OF. paienisme paganism, LL. paganismus. See {Paganism}, {Pagan}.] A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also {panim} and {paynim}.] --Peacham. | |
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Painim \Pai"nim\, n.[OE. painime pagans, paganism, fr. OF. paienisme paganism, LL. paganismus. See {Paganism}, {Pagan}.] A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also {panim} and {paynim}.] --Peacham. | |
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Panim \Pa"nim\, n. See {Painim}. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Painim \Pai"nim\, n.[OE. painime pagans, paganism, fr. OF. paienisme paganism, LL. paganismus. See {Paganism}, {Pagan}.] A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also {panim} and {paynim}.] --Peacham. | |
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Panim \Pa"nim\, n. See {Painim}. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Panym \Pa"nym\, n. & a. See {Panim}. [Obs.] | |
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Payndemain \Payn`de*main"\, n. [OF. pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See {Payn}, and {Demesne}. Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it.] The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also {paynemain}, {payman}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Painim \Pai"nim\, n.[OE. painime pagans, paganism, fr. OF. paienisme paganism, LL. paganismus. See {Paganism}, {Pagan}.] A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also {panim} and {paynim}.] --Peacham. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paynim \Pay"nim\, n. & a. See {Painim}. | |
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Painim \Pai"nim\, n.[OE. painime pagans, paganism, fr. OF. paienisme paganism, LL. paganismus. See {Paganism}, {Pagan}.] A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also {panim} and {paynim}.] --Peacham. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paynim \Pay"nim\, n. & a. See {Painim}. | |
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Name \Name\, n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[omac], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. n[be]man. [root]267. Cf. {Anonymous}, {Ignominy}, {Misnomer}, {Nominal}, {Noun}.] 1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. --Gen. ii. 19. What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. --Shak. 2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts. His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. --Is. ix. 6. 3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction. What men of name resort to him? --Shak. Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. --Eph. i. 21. I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. --1 Macc. iii. 14. He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin. --Deut. xxii. 19. The king's army . . . had left no good name behind. --Clarendon. 4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family. The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. --Motley. 5. A person, an individual. [Poetic] They list with women each degenerate name. --Dryden. {Christian name}. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from {surname}; baptismal name. (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not. {Given name}. See under {Given}. {In name}, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name. {In the name of}. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. [bd] I charge you in the duke's name to obey me.[b8] --Shak. (b) In the represented or assumed character of. [bd]I'll to him again in name of Brook.[b8] --Shak. {Name plate}, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate. {Pen name}, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. --Bayard Taylor. {Proper name} (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing. {To call names}, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations. {To take a name in vain}, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. --Ex. xx. 7. Syn: Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet. Usage: {Name}, {Appellation}, {Title}, {Denomination}. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term, used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}. {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines. {Drawing}, [or] {Ruling}, {pen}, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}. {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. {Pen and ink}, [or] {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.] {Pen name}. See under {Name}. {Sea pen} (Zo[94]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.] | |
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Penman \Pen"man\, n.; pl. {Penmen}. 1. One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master. 2. An author; a composer. --South. | |
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Penman \Pen"man\, n.; pl. {Penmen}. 1. One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master. 2. An author; a composer. --South. | |
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Pennon \Pen"non\, n. [Cf. {Pinion}.] A wing; a pinion. --Milton. | |
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Pennon \Pen"non\, n. [See {Pennant}.] A pennant; a flag or streamer. --Longfellow. | |
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Fanon \Fan"on\, n. [F. fanon, LL. fano, fr. OHG. fano banner cloth, G. fahne banner. See {Vane}, and cf. {Fanion}, {Gonfalon}.] (Eccl.) A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple. [Written also {fannel}, {phanon}, etc.] | |
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Pieman \Pie"man\, n.; pl. {Piemen}. A man who makes or sells pies. | |
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Pieman \Pie"man\, n.; pl. {Piemen}. A man who makes or sells pies. | |
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Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a feather.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast. --Milton. 2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. 3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. He . . . did not care a pin for her. --Spectator. 4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as: (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. (b) A linchpin. (c) A rolling-pin. (d) A clothespin. (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}. (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint. 5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. 6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. [Obs.] [bd]The very pin of his heart cleft.[b8] --Shak. 7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] [bd]In merry pin.[b8] --Cowper. 8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak. 9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. 10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang] {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion. {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}. {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation. {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure. {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}. Called also {pin rack}. {Pin wheel}. (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical pins. (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pinion \Pin"ion\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A moth of the genus {Lithophane}, as {L. antennata}, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples. | |
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Pinion \Pin"ion\, n. [OF. pignon a pen, F., gable, pinion (in sense 5); cf. Sp. pi[a4]on pinion; fr. L. pinna pinnacle, feather, wing. See {Pin} a peg, and cf. {Pen} a feather, {Pennat}, {Pennon}.] 1. A feather; a quill. --Shak. 2. A wing, literal or figurative. Swift on his sooty pinions flits the gnome. --Pope. 3. The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body. --Johnson. 4. A fetter for the arm. --Ainsworth. 5. (Mech.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see {Rack}); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis. {Lantern pinion}. See under {Lantern}. {Pinion wire}, wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pinion \Pin"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinioning}.] 1. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings. --Bacon. 2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. --Johnson. 3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. --Shak. Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips. --Cowper. 4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up. [bd]Pinioned up by formal rules of state.[b8] --Norris. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pneumo- \Pneu"mo-\ A combining form from Gr. pney`mwn, pney`monos, a lung; as, pneumogastric, pneumology. | |
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Poenamu \Po*e"na*mu\, n. (Min.) A variety of jade or nephrite, -- used in New Zealand for the manufacture of axes and weapons. | |
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Pomona \Po*mo"na\, n. [L., from pomum fruit.] (Class. Myth.) The goddess of fruits and fruit trees. | |
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Pynoun \Py*noun"\, n. A pennant. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Panama, IA (city, FIPS 61275) Location: 41.72672 N, 95.47527 W Population (1990): 201 (95 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51562 Panama, IL (village, FIPS 57498) Location: 39.02871 N, 89.52517 W Population (1990): 294 (145 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Panama, NE (village, FIPS 38225) Location: 40.59957 N, 96.51118 W Population (1990): 207 (78 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Panama, NY (village, FIPS 56231) Location: 42.07501 N, 79.48613 W Population (1990): 468 (193 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14767 Panama, OK (town, FIPS 56900) Location: 35.17088 N, 94.66988 W Population (1990): 1528 (681 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Penn Wynne, PA (CDP, FIPS 59312) Location: 39.98625 N, 75.27271 W Population (1990): 5807 (2289 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Penn Yan, NY (village, FIPS 57177) Location: 42.66118 N, 77.05487 W Population (1990): 5248 (2271 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14527 | |
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Pinon, AZ (CDP, FIPS 56120) Location: 36.10071 N, 110.22126 W Population (1990): 468 (181 housing units) Area: 16.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 86510 Pinon, NM Zip code(s): 88344 | |
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Pomona, CA (city, FIPS 58072) Location: 34.05895 N, 117.76140 W Population (1990): 131723 (38466 housing units) Area: 59.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 91767, 91768 Pomona, IL Zip code(s): 62975 Pomona, KS (city, FIPS 57000) Location: 38.61098 N, 95.45180 W Population (1990): 835 (359 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66076 Pomona, MO Zip code(s): 65789 Pomona, NJ (CDP, FIPS 60030) Location: 39.46962 N, 74.55192 W Population (1990): 2624 (918 housing units) Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pomona, NY (village, FIPS 58992) Location: 41.18985 N, 74.05371 W Population (1990): 2611 (841 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10970 | |
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Ponemah, MN (CDP, FIPS 51892) Location: 48.04248 N, 94.90783 W Population (1990): 704 (160 housing units) Area: 50.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56666 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PANON A family of pattern-directed string processing languages based on {generalised Markov algorithm}s. PANON-1 is based on {simple generalised Markov algorithm}s and PANON-2 on {conditional functional generalised Markov algorithm}s. ["String Processing Languages and Generalized Markov Algorithms", A. C. Forino, Proc IFIP Working Conf on Symb Manip Languages, pp.141-206, Amsterdam 1968]. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Peninnah, pearl; precious stone; the face | |
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Pinon, pearl; gem; that beholds | |
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Punon, precious stone; that beholds | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Panama Panama:Geography Location: Middle America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total area: 78,200 sq km land area: 75,990 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than South Carolina Land boundaries: total 555 km, Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km Coastline: 2,490 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 200 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May) Terrain: interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills Natural resources: copper, mahogany forests, shrimp Land use: arable land: 6% permanent crops: 2% meadows and pastures: 15% forest and woodland: 54% other: 23% Irrigated land: 320 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation natural hazards: NA international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Tropical Timber 94 Note: strategic location on eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean Panama:People Population: 2,680,903 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 34% (female 439,491; male 458,817) 15-64 years: 61% (female 812,876; male 823,124) 65 years and over: 5% (female 74,672; male 71,923) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 1.9% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 24.12 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 4.79 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -0.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 15.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.2 years male: 72.57 years female: 77.97 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.8 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Panamanian(s) adjective: Panamanian Ethnic divisions: mestizo (mixed Indian and European ancestry) 70%, West Indian 14%, white 10%, Indian 6% Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15% Languages: Spanish (official), English 14% note: many Panamanians bilingual Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 89% male: 89% female: 88% Labor force: 979,000 (1994 est.) by occupation: government and community services 31.8%, agriculture, hunting, and fishing 26.8%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 16.4%, manufacturing and mining 9.4%, construction 3.2%, transportation and communications 6.2%, finance, insurance, and real estate 4.3% note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor Panama:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Panama conventional short form: Panama local long form: Republica de Panama local short form: Panama Digraph: PM Type: constitutional republic Capital: Panama Administrative divisions: 9 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 territory* (comarca); Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama, San Blas*, Veraguas Independence: 3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain 28 November 1821) National holiday: Independence Day, 3 November (1903) Constitution: 11 October 1972; major reforms adopted April 1983 Legal system: based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Justice; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory Executive branch: chief of state and head of government: President Ernesto PEREZ BALLADARES Gonzalez Revilla (since 1 September 1994, elected 8 May 1994); First Vice President Tomas Gabriel ALTAMIRANO DUQUE (since 1 September 1994); Second Vice President Felipe Alejandro VIRZI Lopez (since 1 September 1994 election last held 8 May 1994 (next to be held 9 May 1999); results - Ernesto PEREZ BALLADARES (PRD) 33%, Mireya MOSCOSO DE GRUBER (PA) 29%, Ruben BLADES (MPE) 17%, Ruben Dario CARLES (MOLIRENA) 16% cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the president Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa): legislators from outlying rural districts are chosen on a plurality basis while districts located in more populous towns and cities elect multiple legislators by means of a proportion-based formula; elections last held 8 May 1994 (next to be held 9 May 1999); results - percent of vote by party NA ; seats - (72 total) PRD 32, PS 4, PALA 1, PA 14, MPE 6, MOLIRENA 4, PLA 3, PRC 3, PL 2, PDC 1, UDI 1, MORENA 1 Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia), 5 superior courts, 3 courts of appeal Political parties and leaders: governing coalition: Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), Gerardo GONZALEZ; Solidarity Party (PS), Samuel LEWIS GALINDO; Liberal Republican Party (PLR), Rodolfo CHIARI; Labor Party (PALA), Carlos Lopez GUEVARA other parties: Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement (MOLIRENA), Alfredo RAMIREZ; Authentic Liberal Party (PLA), Arnulfo ESCALONA; Arnulfista Party (PA), Mireya MOSCOSO DE GRUBER; Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Raul OSSA; Liberal Party (PL), Roberto ALEMAN Zubieta; Papa Egoro Movement (MPE), Ruben BLADES; Civic Renewal Party (PRC), Tomas HERRERA; National Unity Mission Party (MUN), Jose Manuel PAREDES; Independent Democratic Union (UDI), Jacinto CARDENAS; National Renovation Movement (MORENA), Pedro VALLERINO Other political or pressure groups: National Council of Organized Workers (CONATO); National Council of Private Enterprise (CONEP); Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDE); National Civic Crusade; Chamber of Commerce; Panamanian Industrialists Society (SIP); Workers Confederation of the Republic of Panama (CTRP) Member of: AG (associate), CG, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Ricardo Alberto ARIAS chancery: 2862 McGill Terrace NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 483-1407 consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Houston, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Tampa US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Oliver P. GARZA embassy: Avenida Balboa and Calle 38, Apartado 6959, Panama City 5 mailing address: American Embassy Panama, Unit 0945; APO AA 34002 telephone: [507] 27-1777 FAX: [507] 27-1964 Flag: divided into four, equal rectangles; the top quadrants are white (hoist side) with a blue five-pointed star in the center and plain red, the bottom quadrants are plain blue (hoist side) and white with a red five-pointed star in the center Economy Overview: Because of its key geographic location, Panama's economy is service-based, heavily weighted toward banking, commerce, and tourism. Trade and financial ties with the US are especially close. GDP grew at 3.6% in 1994, a respectable rate, yet below the 7.1% average of the early 1990s. Banking and financial services and trade through the Colon Free Zone continued to expand rapidly, with the industrial and agricultural sectors experiencing little growth. The new administration, inaugurated 1 September 1994, has launched an economic plan designed to reverse rising unemployment, attract foreign investment, cut back the size of government, and modernize the economy. The success of the plan in meeting its goals for 1995 and beyond depends largely on the success of the administration in reforming the labor code and instituting the reforms necessary to join the GATT. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $12.3 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 3.6% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $4,670 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.8% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: 12.9% (1994 est.) Budget: revenues: $1.93 billion expenditures: $1.93 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1994) Exports: $520 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: bananas 43%, shrimp 11%, sugar 4%, clothing 5%, coffee 2% partners: US 45%, EU, Central America and Caribbean Imports: $2.205 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.) commodities: capital goods 21%, crude oil 11%, foodstuffs 9%, consumer goods, chemicals partners: US 40%, EU, Central America and Caribbean, Japan External debt: $6.7 billion (yearend 1993 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 1.8% (1994 est.); accounts for about 9% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 960,000 kW production: 2.8 billion kWh consumption per capita: 1,047 kWh (1993) Industries: manufacturing and construction, petroleum refining, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling Agriculture: accounts for 10% of GDP (1992 est.); crops - bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane; livestock; fishing; importer of food grain, vegetables Illicit drugs: major cocaine transshipment point and drug money laundering center Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $516 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $582 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $4 million Currency: 1 balboa (B) = 100 centesimos Exchange rates: balboas (B) per US$1 - 1.000 (fixed rate) Fiscal year: calendar year Panama:Transportation Railroads: total: 238 km broad gauge: 78 km 1.524-m gauge narrow gauge: 160 km 0.914-m gauge Highways: total: 8,530 km paved: 2,745 km unpaved: gravel, crushed stone 3,270 km; improved, unimproved earth 2,515 km Inland waterways: 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal Pipelines: crude oil 130 km Ports: Bahia de las Minas, Balboa, Colon, Cristobal, Panama Merchant marine: total: 3,526 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,748,525 GRT/95,102,552 DWT ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 787, cargo 1,070, chemical tanker 175, combination bulk 33, combination ore/oil 25, container 259, liquefied gas tanker 125, livestock carrier 8, multifunction large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 465, passenger 24, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 284, roll-on/roll-off cargo 81, short-sea passenger 34, specialized tanker 9, vehicle carrier 137 note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 93 countries; the 10 major fleet flags are: Japan 1,171 ships, Greece 323, Hong Kong 276, US 212, Taiwan 184, Singapore 181, South Korea 172, China 145 ships, UK 102, and Norway 70 Airports: total: 115 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 14 with paved runways under 914 m: 74 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 20 Panama:Communications Telephone system: 220,000 telephones; domestic and international facilities well developed local: NA intercity: NA international: 1 coaxial submarine cable; 2 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth stations; connected to the Central American Microwave System Radio: broadcast stations: AM 91, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 23 televisions: NA Panama:Defense Forces Branches: Panamanian Public Forces (PPF; includes the National Police or PNP, Maritime Service, National Air Service, and Institutional Protective Service); Judicial Branch Technical Police Manpower availability: males age 15-49 701,691; males fit for military service 481,927 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: expenditures for the Panamanian security forces amounted to $105 million, 1.0% of GDP (1993 est.) |