Isthmus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, ·etc.

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Isthmus
ISTHMUS[CORINTHUS p. 682, seq.] ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
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.
Isthmus
Isthmus or -os ī, m , Ἰσθμός, the Isthmus of Corinth, Cs., C., L., O. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
isthmus
A narrow neck of land which joins a peninsula to its continent, or two islands together, or two peni...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Corinthiacus Isthmus
CORINTHIACUS ISTHMUS[CORINTHUS] ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography