of or relating to an isthmus.
(initial capital letter) of or relating to the Isthmus of Corinth or the Isthmus of Panama.
1595–1605; < Latin isthmi ( us ) (< Greek ísthmios of a neck of land, equivalent to isthm ( ós ) neck + -ios adj. suffix) + -an
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Nixon finished his isthmian tour by listening to a startling opinion and delivering two of his own.
From Time Magazine Archive
Australia will colonize the islands to its north and connect by some isthmian umbilicus to Asia.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
So it looked as though the Americans were to lose all chance of constructing an isthmian canal under their own control.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon
At least in the isthmian region, this species does not inhabit the Pacific slopes and lowlands.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.
So the isthmian land-route was once more resumed, and it took the Spaniard all his time to hold that open.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon
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