isthmus

Example Sentences

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Roosevelt was intrigued by the military and commercial possibilities of a canal across the isthmus, cutting 8,000 miles off a New York-San Francisco voyage.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 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

Perhaps to that end, López Obrador announced Friday that Mexico plans to extend a cargo train line that spans a narrow isthmus its the south to the Guatemalan border.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

Many gay and trans people in Mexico City and elsewhere call themselves muxes — though community leaders here, concerned about cultural appropriation, say only Zapotec people from the isthmus can qualify.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

The latter desert separated advanced human societies of Mesoamerica from those of North America, while the isthmus separated advanced societies of Mesoamerica from those of the Andes and Amazonia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond