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Isthmus

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses
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Stage 1 of 2
isthmos
Greek · ancient
"a narrow neck of land"
a narrow neck of land, famously the isthmus of Corinth
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Stage 2 of 2
isthmus
English · 1550s
"a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses"
adopted directly for a narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas
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