isthmian
adjective
of or relating to an isthmus.
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isthmian
American
[is-mee-uhn]
/ ˈɪs mi ən /
adjective
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of or relating to an isthmus.
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(initial capital letter) of or relating to the Isthmus of Corinth or the Isthmus of Panama.
noun
Isthmian
1
British
/ ˈɪsθmɪən /
adjective
isthmian
2
British
/ ˈɪsθmɪən /
adjective
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
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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
At several other times, such as the late Ordovician and mid-Devonian, when the isthmian barrier existed, it probably turned an important current northward into what is now the Mississippi Basin instead of into the Atlantic.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
In 1869 an event occurred which was to have a very decisive effect on isthmian affairs—the opening for traffic of the Suez Canal.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon
The isthmian rivers are all liable to quickly-swelling floods, the Chagres at Gamboa having been known to rise 35½ feet in twenty-four hours.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon
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