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isthmus

[is-muhs] / ˈɪs məs /
NOUN
neck
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Panama's Ministry of Culture said the discovery was "of great importance for Panamanian archaeology and the study of pre-Hispanic societies of the Central American isthmus," referring to the land that connects North and South America.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Paterson persuaded the Scottish parliament to establish a new enterprise based on England’s East India Company to found a Scottish colony on the narrow isthmus joining North and South America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

The migrant route through the narrow isthmus grew exponentially in popularity in recent years with the help of organized crime in Colombia, making it an affordable, if dangerous, land route for hundreds of thousands.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

The saying goes that almost every family here on the isthmus includes a person who identifies as muxe.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

On January 16,1939, Matthew W Stirling took an early-morning walk through the wet, buggy forest of Veracruz state, on the Gulf Coast side of Mexico’s southern isthmus.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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