one who lives on an isthmus, one who lives on a narrow strip of land bordered by water on both sides
of an isthmus, of a narrow strip of land bordered by water on both sides
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Isthmian Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOf or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece.
isthmian
\isth"mi*an\ (?), a. [l. isthmius, gr. &?;. see isthmus.] of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the isthmus of corinth, in greece.
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games (gr. antiq.), one of the four great national festivals of greece, celebrated on the isthmus of corinth in the spring of every alternate year. they consisted of all kinds of athletic sports, wrestling, boxing, racing on foot and in chariots, and also contests in music and poetry. the prize was a garland of pine leaves.
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isthmian games
Adjective
1. of or relating to or forming an isthmus
(pertainym) isthmus
Isthmian Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Isthmian is the adjective pertaining to an isthmus
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