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/ˈɪsməs əv kˈɔrənθ/ Listen

Isthmus of Corinth

noun

A narrow isthmus between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf; a canal crosses the isthmus so that navigation is possible between the gulfs.

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... for bringing great supplies of water into the city by an aqueduct, for cutting a new passage for the Tiber from Rome to the sea, and making an enormous artificial harbor at its mouth. He was going to make a road along the Apennines, and cut a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth, and construct other vast works, which were to make Rome the center of the commerce of the world. In a word, his head was filled with the grandest schemes, and he was gathering around him all the means and resources necessary for the execution ...

— History of Julius Caesar • Jacob Abbott

Words linked to "Isthmus of Corinth" : isthmus