(n) the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Syn.Stambul, Constantinople, Stamboul
(n) the isthmus that connects Central America and South America; was formerly called the Isthmus of Darien, Syn.Isthmus of Darien, Example: Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Darien
prop. n. A city in European Turkey, built on the site of ancient Byzantium. It is the former capital of the Turkish Empire, known as Constantinople before being captured by the Turks. Syn. -- Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ L. Isthmius, Gr. &unr_;. See Isthmus. ] Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]
Isthmian 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl.Isthmuses [ L. isthmus, Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. eið isthmus. See Issue. ] (Geog.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces. [ 1913 Webster ]
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