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Pan American Games

plural noun

  1. an amateur athletic competition, patterned after the Olympic Games and held every four years in a different host city, involving all the nations of the Western Hemisphere.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pan American Games1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

Verde, the Pan American Games champion, will fight Uzbek Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev in the final.

From BBC

In the 2003 Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic, a U.S. swimmer followed a Canadian to the top of the medal stand but someone forget to change the CD.

She struggled at the consolation meet, the Pan American Games.

“Water polo has been my choice. Water polo has been my gift,” said Steffens, whose father played water polo in three Pan American Games for Puerto Rico and was a three-time All-American at California.

The 21-year-old fighter earned her ticket to Paris 2024 in October by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, in the 50-kilogram — or 110-pound — weight class.

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