Isthmus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Isthmus	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
isthmus n a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure Synonym(s): isthmus, band
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isthmus \Isth"mus\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Isthmuses}. [L. isthmus, Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[edh] isthmus. See {Issue}.] (Geog.) 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. {Isthmus of the fauces}. (Anat.) See {Fauces}.