Tehuantepec

[ tuh-wahn-tuh-pek; Spanish te-wahn-te-pek ]

noun

1. Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
2. Gulf of, an inlet of the Pacific, off the S coast of Mexico. About 300 miles (485 km) wide.

Tehuantepec

/ təˈwɑːntəˌpɛk /

noun

1. Isthmus of Tehuantepec
   Isthmus of Tehuantepec the narrowest part of S Mexico, with the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec (an inlet of the Pacific) on the south coast

Example Sentences

Others crossed the isthmus of Tehuantepec and passed into the southern lands.

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When Cociyopu had reached the age of twenty-four years, his father conferred upon him the crown of Tehuantepec.

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The state is traversed by the Tehuantepec railway, elsewhere described.

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You have, I believe, some relative or relatives living near Tehuantepec.

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A distributional study of the amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mxico.

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