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
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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
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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
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 William E. Duellman
But Columbus understood them to mean a narrow waterway, and rumours of such a passage no doubt existed then, as they still do among the isthmian tribes.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by J. Saxon Mills
These items, together with similar data concerning the amphibians of the adjacent highlands, will form the basis for the subsequent discussion of the establishment of present patterns of distribution in the isthmian region.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman
Billy Vigar: The Chichester City and former Arsenal academy striker died after sustaining an injury during a game at Wingate and Finchley in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Both clubs announced less than 40 minutes before the scheduled 15:00 GMT kick-off that the Isthmian League game had been postponed.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
The Isthmian League is the seventh tier in English football and Potters Bar Town sit bottom of the table, with Welling two places above in 20th.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
It means the trophy has been handed Whyteleafe, who would have finished third with 95 points, and the club have been awarded automatic promotion to the eighth-tier Isthmian League Division One South East.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
But he is known to us mainly by forty-four Epinicia, or odes of victory, for the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean and Isthmian festivals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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