The Panama Canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama.
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Isthmus
//ˈɪsθ.məs//
Synonyms for "isthmus" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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7 entriesderived
14 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
118 translations across 78 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- rrypinë noun (strip of land)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἰσθμός noun (strip of land)
Arabic
1 entries- بَرْزَخ noun (strip of land)
Armenian
1 entries- պարանոց noun (strip of land)
Asturian
1 entries- ismu noun (strip of land)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- boyun noun (strip of land)
- bərzəx noun (strip of land)
Basque
1 entries- istmo noun (strip of land)
Belarusian
2 entries- перашы́ек noun (strip of land)
- пярэ́смык noun (strip of land)
Bulgarian
1 entries- про́влак noun (strip of land)
Catalan
1 entries- istme noun (strip of land)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 地峽 /地峡 noun (strip of land)
- 峽 /峡 noun (part connecting two anatomical structures)
- 橋邊 /桥边 noun (edge in a graph)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- boyun noun (strip of land)
Czech
4 entries- isthmus noun (part connecting two anatomical structures)
- převlaka noun (strip of land)
- úžina noun (part connecting two anatomical structures)
- šíje noun (strip of land)
Danish
1 entries- landtange noun (strip of land)
Dutch
2 entries- istmus noun (strip of land)
- landengte noun (strip of land)
Esperanto
1 entries- terkolo noun (strip of land)
Estonian
1 entries- maakitsus noun (strip of land)
Faroese
2 entries- eið noun (strip of land)
- eiði noun (strip of land)
Finnish
3 entries- kannas noun (strip of land)
- kannas noun (part connecting two anatomical structures)
- kannas noun (edge in a graph)
French
1 entries- isthme noun (strip of land)
Galician
1 entries- istmo noun (strip of land)
Georgian
1 entries- ყელი noun (strip of land)
German
3 entries- Isthmus noun (strip of land)
- Landbrücke noun (strip of land)
- Landenge noun (strip of land)
Greek
1 entries- ισθμός noun (strip of land)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pūʻali noun (strip of land)
Hebrew
1 entries- מיצר \ מֵצַר noun (strip of land)
Hindi
4 entries- भू-संधि noun (strip of land)
- भूडमरुमध्य noun (strip of land)
- योजक noun (strip of land)
- संयोग भूमि noun (strip of land)
Hungarian
2 entries- földhíd noun (strip of land)
- földszoros noun (strip of land)
Icelandic
2 entries- eiði noun (strip of land)
- grandi noun (strip of land)
Ido
1 entries- istmo noun (strip of land)
Indonesian
2 entries- daratan sempit noun (strip of land)
- tanah genting noun (strip of land)
Irish
1 entries- cuing noun (strip of land)
Italian
3 entries- braccio di terra noun (strip of land)
- istmo noun (strip of land)
- istmo noun (part connecting two anatomical structures)
Japanese
2 entries- 地峡 noun (strip of land)
- 峡部 noun (strip of land)
Kazakh
2 entries- мойнақ noun (strip of land)
- қылта noun (part connecting two anatomical structures)
Khmer
1 entries- បួរដី noun (strip of land)
Korean
2 entries- 지협 noun (strip of land)
- 협부 noun (strip of land)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- моюн noun (strip of land)
Lao
2 entries- ກີ່ວ noun (strip of land)
- ຄໍ noun (strip of land)
Latin
1 entries- isthmus noun (strip of land)
Latvian
2 entries- zemesšaurums noun (strip of land)
- šaurums noun (strip of land)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sąsmauka noun (strip of land)
Macedonian
1 entries- провлак noun (strip of land)
Malay
1 entries- segenting noun (strip of land)
Manx
1 entries- quing hallooin noun (strip of land)
Mongolian
1 entries- хүзүүвч noun (strip of land)
Māori
1 entries- kūititanga noun (strip of land)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- berzax noun (strip of land)
Northern Sami
1 entries- muotki noun (strip of land)
Northern Sotho
1 entries- molalanaga noun (strip of land)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- eid noun (strip of land)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- eid noun (strip of land)
Old Norse
1 entries- eið noun (strip of land)
Old Swedish
1 entries- ēþ noun (strip of land)
Ossetian
1 entries- къубалӕг noun (strip of land)
Persian
1 entries- برزخ noun (strip of land)
Polish
4 entries- istm noun (strip of land)
- istmus noun (strip of land)
- międzymorze noun (strip of land)
- przesmyk noun (strip of land)
Portuguese
1 entries- istmo noun (strip of land)
Romanian
1 entries- istm noun (strip of land)
Russian
3 entries- перемы́чка noun (part connecting two anatomical structures)
- переше́ек noun (strip of land)
- ребро́ noun (edge in a graph)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- aoidh noun (strip of land)
- tairbeart noun (strip of land)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zemljouz noun (strip of land)
- земљоуз noun (strip of land)
Slovak
2 entries- úžina noun (strip of land)
- šija noun (strip of land)
Slovene
2 entries- ožina noun (strip of land)
- zemeljska ožina noun (strip of land)
Spanish
1 entries- istmo noun (strip of land)
Swedish
2 entries- ed noun (strip of land)
- näs noun (strip of land)
Tagalog
2 entries- dalahikan noun (strip of land)
- tangkay noun (strip of land)
Tajik
2 entries- барзах noun (strip of land)
- гардана noun (strip of land)
Tatar
1 entries- муентык noun (strip of land)
Thai
1 entries- คอคอด noun (strip of land)
Turkish
2 entries- berzah noun (strip of land)
- kıstak noun (strip of land)
Ukrainian
1 entries- переши́йок noun (strip of land)
Urdu
1 entries- خاکنائے noun (strip of land)
Uyghur
1 entries- بويۇن noun (strip of land)
Uzbek
1 entries- boʻyin noun (strip of land)
Vietnamese
1 entries- eo đất noun (strip of land)
Welsh
1 entries- culdir noun (strip of land)
West-Frisian
1 entries- lâningte noun (strip of land)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The massive excavations for the canal expansion have resulted in a series of paleontological and archeological finds, which have kept Smithsonian scientists busy. The discoveries, mostly on the Atlantic side, include fossils and pre-Columbian artifacts. Scientists say some of the fossil remains could change prevailing theories about the geologic evolution of the Isthmus of Panama.
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The Isthmus of Chignecto connects Nova Scotia with New Brunswick and the rest of North America.
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