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Definition of "isthmian" [isth•mi•an]

  • Of, relating to, or forming an isthmus. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to the Isthmus of Corinth, especially with regard to the biennial Pan-Hellenic games held there in antiquity. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "isthmian" in a sentence
  • "The last two are found at low elevations due to the isthmian effect."
  • "I sympathize with all those who in other days, laboring for an isthmian canal, had but one star to guide them– Nicaragua–and who must now naturally feel like giving up an old friend to pass it by."
  • "The United States, Hayes avowed, would not surrender its control over any isthmian canal to any European power or combination of powers."