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Synonyms for isthmus

Grammar : Noun
Spell : is-muh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪs məs

Définition of isthmus

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Latin isthmus, from Greek isthmos "narrow passage, narrow neck of land," especially that of Corinth, of unknown origin, perhaps from eimi "to go" + suffix -thmo (cf. ithma "a step, movement").
  • As in neck : noun narrow connector
Example sentences :
  • They were on a peninsula, as it were, while the soldiers were securing the isthmus.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • I returned stoutly; for I had, of course, sunk the Isthmus of Panama beneath the sea.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • This part, like an isthmus, was called "Heaven's Floating Bridge."
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • We can get all the women we want, and of our own kind without crossing the Isthmus.
  • Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • They landed on the mainland, and, crossing the isthmus, made for Panama.
  • Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • I found that the program for the day included a trip to Colon on the Isthmus railroad.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • On the Isthmus of Panama, Charles was persuaded to leave his master.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
  • In fact, the islands are not unlike the Isthmus of Panama in this regard.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Philippines » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • He was to be given a ship and sent away forever from the Isthmus.
  • Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • In that year operations on the Isthmus came to an end for want of funds.
  • Extract from : « The American Type of Isthmian Canal » by John Fairfield Dryden

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