Panamanian is the word for a person from Panama, and for things that belong to that country: Panamanian food, a Panamanian passport, the Panamanian flag. The country itself is the thin land between Costa Rica and Colombia, famous for the canal that lets ships cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Panamanian is the wordPanamanian這個字 for a person from Panama指的是來自巴拿馬的人 and for things that belong to that country也指屬於那個國家的東西 Panamanian food像Panamanian food巴拿馬食物 a Panamanian passport巴拿馬護照 the Panamanian flag巴拿馬國旗The country itself這個國家本身 is the thin land between Costa Rica and Colombia是哥斯大黎加和哥倫比亞之間的一條細長陸地 famous for the canal以運河聞名 that lets ships cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific讓船隻能從大西洋開到太平洋

Use Panama for the place; use Panamanian for the people and the adjective.

Use Panama for the place地名用Panama use Panamanian for the people and the adjective人和形容詞用Panamanian

English builds it from Panama plus -ian, and slides in an extra n (Pa-nam-an-ian) so the sounds do not bump. Though actually, that extra n looks “wrong” to learners, but it is the same kind of easing you get in Hawaiian from Hawaii.

English builds it from Panama plus -ian英文是用Panama加-ian組成的 and slides in an extra n中間還多塞了一個n Pa-nam-an-ian唸作Pa-nam-an-ian so the sounds do not bump讓發音不會卡在一起that extra n這個多出來的n looks "wrong" to learners對學習者來說看起來「怪怪的」 but it is the same kind of easing但這是同一種讓發音更順的處理 you get in Hawaiian from Hawaii就像Hawaii變成Hawaiian時一樣

You may hear it as a noun (a Panamanian) or before another noun (Panamanian coffee).

You may hear it as a noun你可能會聽到它當名詞用 (a Panamanian)（a Panamanian一個巴拿馬人） or before another noun或放在另一個名詞前面 (Panamanian coffee)（Panamanian coffee巴拿馬咖啡）