isthmus
pronunciation
How to pronounce isthmus in British English:
UK [ˈɪsməs]
How to pronounce isthmus in American English:
US [ ˈɪsməs]
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- Noun:
- a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
- a narrow band of tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
Word Origin
- isthmus (n.)
- 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 (compare ithma "a step, movement").
Example
- 1. The isthmus seethes with ideological polarisation and political mistrust .
- 2. Battlefields aside , the countries known as " the northern triangle " of the central american isthmus form what is now the most violent region on earth .
- 3. The central american isthmus is smaller than texas .
- 4. Macau is attached to mainland china only by a narrow isthmus .
- 5. Ideas for new routes across the tantalisingly narrow panamanian isthmus are not new , however .