isthmus

Significat (Anglès)

1. A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
2. Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.
3. An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.

Conceptes

istme

Sinònims

neck

band

defile

gap

gorge

gulch

journey

notch

pass

strait

mountain pass

col

cove

Traduccions

istmo

isthme

istmo

istmo

Landenge

Isthmus

ισθμός

landengte

kıstak

برزخ

Landbrücke

berzah

istmus

istme

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɪsθ.məs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: eið

In summary

Borrowing from Latin isthmus (“a strip of land between two seas”), from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (ĭsthmós, “neck, narrow passage”), possibly from εἶμῐ (eîmĭ, “to go”). Cognate to Old Norse eið (“isthmus”).