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

In the isthmian region this frog is known only from the Pacific slopes and the Plains of Tehuantepec.

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

Gold and copper were very plentifully distributed among the isthmian races, but we have little information as to the sources of supply.

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

Probably certain species in the isthmian region will be found to be conspecific with others to the south, for example Hyla ebraccata with Hyla leucophyllata and Hyla robertmertensi with Hyla underwoodi.

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