Thesaurus results for ISTHMUS

isthmus

noun

Definition of isthmus next

as in island

a narrow geographic area that connects two larger geographic areas across a body of water the Isthmus of Panama

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Recent Examples of isthmus In 2003, a momentous discovery on the Ness of Brodgar, a narrow isthmus just north of Stenness, transformed perceptions of prehistoric Orkney. —

Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 The state Capitol building and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are located on an isthmus that runs between it and Lake Monona, a 5-square-mile (13-square-kilometer) lake to the east. —

Todd Richmond, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025 As such, one lesson other Central American elites have drawn from his regime is that capitalism in the isthmus can thrive without democracy. —

Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025 We are connected to the Spanish mainland via two bridges and a natural isthmus, which has been in use since Roman times. —

Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for isthmus

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island

Noun

But the island seems as forlorn and abandoned as any time since the fall of the Soviet Union.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
The neighborhood/area NoMad has transformed in the past few years, now competing with the Lower East Side and the West Village for the coolest on the island—and the area feels like a perfect combo of the two.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2026