Panama Canal
- a canal about 80 km (50 miles) long, across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its construction, begun by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1881 but abandoned in 1889, was completed by the US between 1904 and 1914. Control of the canal remained with the US until 1999, at which date it was ceded to Panama.巴拿马运河（约长80公里, 即50英里, 穿过巴拿马地峡, 连接大西洋和太平洋; 1881年由费迪南·德雷赛布开始修建, 但在1889年放弃, 由美国在1904至1914年间建成, 1999年前美国拥有运河的控制权, 之后控制权将移交给巴拿马）。