a canal (= a long, narrow stretch of water that is artificially made for boats to travel along) that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean through Panama

We went through the Panama Canal on our way to Peru. 我们在去秘鲁的路上经过了巴拿马运河。

His successful treaties with Panama gave it control of the Panama Canal by 1999. 他与巴拿马成功签订的条约让巴拿马从1999年开始对运河拥有控制权。