A vocabulary of landscape — a landscape of words
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isthmus
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses, with water on both sides. The Isthmus of Panama connects the Americas; the Isthmus of Corinth connects mainland Greece to the Peloponnese. An isthmus is a thread.
Etymology
Latin, from Greek isthmos, a narrow passage. The word has been in English since antiquity.