Miraflores

[ mir-uh-flawr-uh s, -flohr-; Spanish mee-rah-flaw-res ]

/ ˌmɪr əˈflɔr əs, -ˈfloʊr-; Spanish ˌmi rɑˈflɔ rɛs /

the locks of the Panama Canal, near the Pacific entrance.

Example sentences from the Web for miraflores

If Jaua wins—as the polls suggest he will—he could be a strong contender to the vacant throne in the Miraflores Palace.

Bad News for Hugo Chávez—and, Possibly, Venezuela |Mac Margolis |December 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
She had not written to him since that parting at Miraflores.

Robert Orange |John Oliver Hobbes
At still another time there was an increase for the creation of a small lake between the locks at Pedro Miguel and Miraflores.

The Panama Canal |Frederic Jennings Haskin
They point to a hill above the city, upon which rests the Miraflores Chapel.

The Little Spanish Dancer |Madeline Brandeis

Was this the child-like, immature being of their strange visit to Miraflores?

Robert Orange |John Oliver Hobbes
Miraflores, about midway between Lima and Chorillos, is a small village containing a plaza and some neatly-built houses.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests |J. J. von Tschudi

Miraflores

/ (ˌmɪrəˈflɔːrəs, Spanish miraˈflores) /

Lake Miraflores an artificial lake in Panama, in the S Canal Zone of the Panama Canal