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nouna cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
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Origin
- Ancient Greekῐ̓σθμός“neck, narrow passage”
- Latinisthmus“a strip of land between two seas”
- Englishisthmus
Borrowing from Latin isthmus (“a strip of land between two seas”), from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (ĭsthmós, “neck, narrow passage”), possibly from εἶμῐ (eîmĭ, “to go”). Cognate to Old Norse eið (“isthmus”).
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Ancient Greek ἰσθμός
- ἰσθμός (isthmós)strip of land
Arabic بَرْزَخ
- بَرْزَخ (barzaḵ)strip of land
Basque istmo
- istmostrip of land
Bulgarian про́влак
- про́влак (próvlak)strip of land
Catalan istme
- istmestrip of land
Chinese Mandarin 地峽 /地峡, 峽 /峡
- 地峽 /地峡 (dìxiá)strip of land
- 峽 /峡 (xiá)part connecting two anatomical structures
- 橋邊 /桥边 (qiáobiān)edge in a graph
Czech převlaka, šíje
- převlakastrip of land
- šíjestrip of land
- isthmuspart connecting two anatomical structures
- úžinapart connecting two anatomical structures
Danish landtange
- landtangestrip of land
Dutch landengte, istmus
- landengtestrip of land
- istmusstrip of land
Esperanto terkolo
- terkolostrip of land
Estonian maakitsus
- maakitsusstrip of land
Finnish kannas, kannas
- kannasstrip of land
- kannaspart connecting two anatomical structures
- kannasedge in a graph
French isthme
- isthmestrip of land
German Isthmus, Landenge
- Isthmusstrip of land
- Landengestrip of land
- Landbrückestrip of land
Greek ισθμός
- ισθμός (isthmós)strip of land
Hawaiian pūʻali
- pūʻalistrip of land
Hebrew מיצר \ מֵצַר
- מיצר \ מֵצַר (meitsár)strip of land
Hindi स्थलडमरूमध्य, भूडमरुमध्य
- स्थलडमरूमध्य (sthalḍamrūmadhya)strip of land
- भूडमरुमध्य (bhūḍamrumadhya)strip of land
- योजक (yojak)strip of land
- भू-संधि (bhū-sandhi)strip of land
- संयोग भूमि (sãyog bhūmi)strip of land
Hungarian földszoros, földhíd
- földszorosstrip of land
- földhídstrip of land
Icelandic eiði, grandi
- eiðistrip of land
- grandistrip of land
Indonesian daratan sempit, tanah genting
- daratan sempitstrip of land
- tanah gentingstrip of land
Irish cuing
- cuingstrip of land
Italian istmo, braccio di terra
- istmostrip of land
- braccio di terrastrip of land
- istmopart connecting two anatomical structures
Japanese 地峡, 峡部
- 地峡 (chikyō)strip of land
- 峡部 (kyōbu)strip of land
Korean 지협, 협부
- 지협 (jihyeop)strip of land
- 협부 (hyeopbu)strip of land
Latin isthmus
- isthmusstrip of land
Latvian zemesšaurums, šaurums
- zemesšaurumsstrip of land
- šaurumsstrip of land
Lithuanian sąsmauka
- sąsmaukastrip of land
Malay segenting
- segentingstrip of land
Māori kūititanga
- kūititangastrip of land
Norwegian Bokmål eid
- eidstrip of land
Persian برزخ
- برزخ (barzax)strip of land
Polish przesmyk, istm
- przesmykstrip of land
- istmstrip of land
- istmusstrip of land
- międzymorzestrip of land
Portuguese istmo
- istmostrip of land
Romanian istm
- istmstrip of land
Russian переше́ек, перемы́чка
- переше́ек (perešéjek)strip of land
- перемы́чка (peremýčka)part connecting two anatomical structures
- ребро́ (rebró)edge in a graph
Scottish Gaelic tairbeart, aoidh
- tairbeartstrip of land
- aoidhstrip of land
Slovak úžina, šija
- úžinastrip of land
- šijastrip of land
Spanish istmo
- istmostrip of land
Swedish näs, ed
- nässtrip of land
- edstrip of land
Tagalog tangkay, dalahikan
- tangkaystrip of land
- dalahikanstrip of land
Thai คอคอด
- คอคอด (kɔɔ-kɔ̂ɔt)strip of land
Turkish berzah, kıstak
- berzahstrip of land
- kıstakstrip of land
Ukrainian переши́йок
- переши́йок (perešýjok)strip of land
Urdu خاکنائے
- خاکنائے (xāknāē)strip of land
Vietnamese eo đất
- eo đấtstrip of land
Welsh culdir
- culdirstrip of land
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APA
isthmus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isthmus
MLA
“isthmus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isthmus. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “isthmus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isthmus.
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