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
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British
/ ˈɪsθmɪən /
adjective
isthmian
2
British
/ ˈɪsθmɪən /
adjective
Other Word Forms
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
For many years no progress was made with the idea of an isthmian canal.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by J. Saxon Mills
In one respect the isthmian breakwater has been profitable to these states of the Pacific coast.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by J. Saxon Mills
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 J. Saxon Mills
He stressed repeatedly that next season's budget will remain the same, but will be put into infrastructure rather than "extortionate" wages for "left‑backs or right midfielders" at Isthmian Premier League level.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
It happened in the game between Chichester and Wingate and Finchley on Saturday in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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
Sittingbourne Football Club are flying high at the moment - second in the South East Division of the Isthmian league and on an FA trophy run.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024
It was Balboa who first saw the waters of the wide Pacific from the summits of the Isthmian hills.
From Prowling about Panama by George A. Miller
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