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isthmuses

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plural of isthmus

as in islands

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

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Brown loved her summers on an island off the coast of Maine nearly as much as the Finnish-Swedish Tove Jannson, creator of the Moomin stories, loved her time in the islands off the Swedish coast.

— Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
The Hibiscus Island home set a new price record for Hibiscus and Palm islands, two affluent manmade islands just off the MacArthur Causeway.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

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