isthmian

American  

[is-mee-uhn] / ˈɪs mi ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to an isthmus.

2. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Isthmus of Corinth or the Isthmus of Panama.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of an isthmus.

Isthmian ¹ British  

/ ˈɪsθmɪən /

adjective

1. relating to or situated in the Isthmus of Corinth or the Isthmus of Panama

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isthmian ² British  

/ ˈɪsθmɪən /

adjective

1. relating to or situated in an isthmus

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Other Word Forms

• transisthmian adjective

Etymology

Origin of isthmian

1595–1605; < Latin isthmi ( us ) (< Greek ísthmios of a neck of land, equivalent to isthm ( ós ) neck + -ios adj. suffix) + -an

Example Sentences

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

As to the affinities of the ancient middle isthmian tribes with the peoples north and south of them we can learn nothing positive from the evidences of their art.

From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by Holmes, William Henry

Nevertheless, long before roads were built in the isthmian region collectors and biologists visited it, especially the town of Tehuantepec, from which collections date back to the 1870's.

From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.

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