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Original name of the isthmus of Panama. One of the first ships that landed in Panama was named after Saint Daria, and the region was then named Darien. Keats wrote a poem about Balboa crossing the Mountains of Darien to view the Pacific Ocean.
"He stared at the Pacific--and all his men
Looked at each other with a wild surmise
Silent upon a peak in Darien."
Looked at each other with a wild surmise
Silent upon a peak in Darien."
by NameScholar February 4, 2010