Isthmus

Noun

 * 1) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
 * 2)  Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.

Derived terms

 * isthmoid

Thesaurus
abbreviation, astriction, astringency, bottleneck, canal, cervix, channel, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, curtailment, decrease, defile, diminuendo, hourglass, hourglass figure, knitting, narrow, narrow place, narrowing, narrows, neck, pass, puckering, pursing, reduction, shortening, solidification, strait, stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, systole, throat, wasp waist, wrinkling

Etymology
Via isthmus: from  ἰσθμός:. Cognate to eið:.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: istme
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech: převlaka, šíje
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: landengte, istmus
 * Finnish:
 * French: isthme
 * Georgian:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: daratan sempit, tanah genting
 * Italian:, braccio di terra
 * Latin: isthmus


 * Lithuanian:
 * Manx:
 * Northern Sami:
 * Northern Sotho:
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian: istm
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: zemljouz
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar:
 * Ukrainian:
 * West Frisian: lâningte

Noun

 * 1) isthmus