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How to pronounce isthmus in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms band
Type of tissue
Type Words
Type of ground, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma, land
Derivation isthmian

Examples of isthmus

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Some of them are unavoidable such as the volcanic cones in the Auckland isthmus.
From the books.scoop.co.nz
We've criss-crossed the isthmus, with strip after strip of tarmac in his honour.
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Madison is a lovely midsize city located on an isthmus between two large lakes.
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She envisions the isthmus as an active park with plays, activities and vendors.
From the thenewstribune.com
A bridge, or cut edge or isthmus, is an edge whose removal disconnects a graph.
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It is the eastern terminus of the Corinth Canal, which cuts across the isthmus.
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Before the Central American isthmus was raised, the region had been underwater.
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The demarcation between Asia and Africa is the isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea.
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The Cape is a small, rocky peninsula connected to the mainland by a sandy isthmus.
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More examples
  • A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
  • A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
  • Isthmus is an alternative weekly newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1976, and has built a reputation for authoritative writing on news, arts and features. ...
  • Tissue that connects the two lobes of the thyroid.
  • A narrow part inside the body that connects two larger structures.
  • The middle region of the hair follicle which usually contains the sebaceous gland.
  • Refers to a narrow connection between two larger bodies or parts; a general term for such a structure or region. Each vertebra, on either side, has facets that constitute the upper and lower joints of the vertebra. They are described as being superior and inferior. ...
  • Pigment in ventral region of head connecting gular and cleithral regions, includes pigment on or anterior to cleithrum, but ventral to edge of pectoral fin base.
  • In nematodes: Relatively narrow portion of esophagus just anterior to the basal region. (14)