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Isthmus
Isthmus or -os, i, m., = Ἰσθμός, I a strip of land between two seas , an isthmus , Mel. 1, 18; ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
A narrow neck of land which joins a peninsula to its continent, or two islands together, or two peninsulas, without reference to size. The Isthmus of Suez alone prevents Africa from being an island, as that of Darien connects the two Americas.
Isthmus or -os, i, m., = Ἰσθμός, I a strip of land between two seas , an isthmus , Mel. 1, 18; ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.