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Darien

[ dair-ee-en, -uhn, dar-, dair-ee-en, dar- ]

noun

  1. Gulf of Darien, an arm of the Caribbean between northeastern Panama and northwestern Colombia.
  2. Isthmus of Darien, former name of the Isthmus of Panama.
  3. a town in southwestern Connecticut.
  4. a city in northeastern Illinois.


Darien

/ ˈdæ-; ˈdɛərɪən /

noun

  1. the E part of the Isthmus of Panama, between the Gulf of Darien on the Caribbean coast and the Gulf of San Miguel on the Pacific coast; chiefly within the republic of Panama but extending also into Colombia: site of a disastrous attempt to establish a Scottish colony in 1698
  2. Isthmus of Darien
    the former name of the Isthmus of Panama
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Police charged 31-year-old Dazhon Darien, the school’s athletics director, with several counts related to the fake video.

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Investigators say they traced an email used to send the original video to a server connected to Mr Darien, and allege that he used Baltimore County Public Schools' computer network to access AI tools.

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Mr Darien’s legal representatives did not respond to requests for comment.

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Mr Mulino campaigned on a promise to "close" the Darién Gap, the dangerous stretch of jungle which more than half a million migrants crossed last year on their way north from South America.

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The Darién Gap, an expanse of jungle which straddles Colombia and Panama, is a natural bottleneck for those heading from South to North America.

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