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isthmus

noun

Definition of isthmus

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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Pacific island nation of Vanuatu last week agreed with Australia to bar foreign military bases from its territory in a move viewed as targeting China.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 July 2026
On a 2023 episode of Celebrity IOU, the Property Brothers built one into a kitchen island using marble countertops, dual bowls and a pot filler.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026

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