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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

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

The Tehuana dress — originating among Zapotec women on the isthmus — was famously adopted by Frida Kahlo.

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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