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 The city was built on an isthmus — a thin strip of land between two bodies of water. —

Berly McCoy, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026 Mehmet Yaren Bozgun / Anadolu via Getty Images The Mexican government plans to turn the isthmus into a strategic corridor for international trade, with ports and rail lines that can connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. —

CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025 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 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 See All Example Sentences for isthmus

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island

Noun

But especially especially Bea, who got dumped from the island.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 June 2026
The mayor of a New England island town trying to boost tourism must contend with the fact that it’s cursed.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 June 2026