Darién Gap
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See also: Darien Gap
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]A reference to the 106 km long gap of the Pan-American Highway between Yaviza in the province Darién, and Turbo in Colombia.
Proper noun
[edit]- A geographical region between the North and South American continents, along the border of Panama and Colombia.
- 2023 May 11, Natalie Kitroeff, Julie Turkewitz, “What’s Driving Record Levels of Migration to the U.S. Border?”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- The Darién Gap, a treacherous 70-mile stretch of jungle that connects Central and South America, suddenly became a thoroughfare for people without the visas or money to make the journey any other way.
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Further reading
[edit]Darién Gap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia