Meaning & use
isthmus
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and has water on both sides.
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The Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America and separates two oceans.
Traders once crossed the narrow isthmus on foot to avoid a long sea voyage.
A note on using this word
Often confused with 'peninsula'; an isthmus specifically links two larger bodies of land together.
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