isthmus
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- noun
- /ˈɪsθməs/
:
istmo
- The only alternative to the isthmus was to take a small ship between two ports at the west end of the gulf.
- crossing the isthmus
- central isthmus
Examples
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In order to travel from Europe, one had to cross the Atlantic by ship, then spend several days crossing the Panama isthmus by mule and dugout boat before boarding a ship to the Pacific port of Buenaventura.
Academic text (2016) -
"Before the present-day isthmus was created, water covered the area where Panama is today."
Blog text (33) -
By about 3 million years ago, an isthmus had formed between North and South America.
Blog text (33) -
The plant spread to other islands, to the Central American isthmus, and to the mainland of South America.
Academic text (1999) -
Winds are very strong on and near the isthmus because of the intermingling of the Pacific and the Caribbean weather systems.
Fiction book (1999) -
By 2001, for example, the isthmus hosted twenty internationally funded projects on maquila issues but only one directly supported organizing.
Academic text (2002) -
Any traffic between the two had to pass along a narrow isthmus between the Gulf and the Mediterranean (actually the Sea of Candia).
Academic text (2012) -
The relative ease of passage through the low-lying region of the isthmus has contributed to its strategic value and the long history of occupation in Juchitan.
Academic text (2011) -
The isthmus of Panama connects North and South America, surrounded by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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The narrow isthmus allowed the ancient civilization to control trade routes between the two seas.
Compounds
- Specialized
Narrow part of the aorta near the heart where upper branches join the lower aorta
A narrow strip of land in southern Thailand that connects the Malay Peninsula to the Asian mainland
A narrow strip of land that connects the Peloponnese to mainland Greece and has the Corinth Canal
- Literature
An old name for the narrow piece of land joining Central America and South America
A narrow strip of land in southern Thailand linking the Malay Peninsula to mainland Asia
A narrow strip of land that connects Central and South America and separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean
A narrow strip of land in southern Mexico between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean
A narrow area of land between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga that connects Finland and Russia
How Narrow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Isthmus comes from the Greek word isthmos, which means 'neck'. So an isthmus is like a 'neck' of land, a narrow strip that connects two larger areas.