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 Translation for 'isthmus' from English to Greek
NOUN   an isthmus | isthmuses / isthmi
SYNO band | isthmus
γεωγρ.
isthmus {noun}
ισθμός {ο}
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Translation for 'isthmus' from English to Greek

isthmus {noun}
ισθμός {ο}γεωγρ.
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Usage Examples English
  • This minor planet is named for the former municipality of Punkaharju, an isthmus region in southeastern Finland "(also see Karelian Isthmus)".
  • According to Strabo, Asander blocked the isthmus of the Chersonesus (Chersonesus Tauricus, modern Crimea) near Lake Maeotis (the Sea of Azov) with a wall which was 360 stadia long ( 53 kilometres, 35 miles) and had ten towers for every stadium.
  • The world's major isthmuses include the Isthmus of Panama and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Middle America, the Kra Isthmus on Mainland Southeast Asia, the Isthmus of Suez between North Africa and Western Asia, and the Karelian Isthmus in Europe.
  • The idea of the so-called three-isthmus border—defined by the White Isthmus, the Olonets Isthmus, and the Karelian Isthmus—is hundreds of years old, dating back to the period when Finland was part of Sweden.
  • The peninsula stretches northwest for about 330 kilometres from the Auckland isthmus (or Tamaki isthmus), reaching a maximum width of 85 kilometres.

  • The isthmus is marshy. Parts of the isthmus are cultivated as grassland, and some areas have been trenched and planted with Norway spruce.
  • This list of isthmuses is an appendix to the article "isthmus".
  • Guevea Zapotec, or Guevea de Humboldt Zapotec (Northern Isthmus Zapotec), is a Zapotecan language of the isthmus of Mexico.
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