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WHAT DOES ISTHMUS OF CORINTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Isthmus of Corinth

Isthmus of Corinth

The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow land bridge which connects the Peloponnese peninsula with the rest of the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. The word "isthmus" comes from the Ancient Greek word for "neck" and refers to the narrowness of the land. The Isthmus was known in the ancient world as the landmark separating Peloponnese from mainland of Greece. In the first century CE the geographer Strabo noted a pillar on the Isthmus of Corinth, which bore two inscriptions. One towards the East, i.e. towards Megara in Attica reading: "Here is not Peloponnesus, but Ionia" and the one towards the West, i.e. towards the Peloponnese: "Here is Peloponnesus, not Ionia"; Plutarch ascribed the erection of the stele to the Attic hero Theseus, on his way to Athens. To the west of the Isthmus is the Gulf of Corinth, to the east the Saronic Gulf. Since 1893 the Corinth Canal has run through the 6.3 km wide isthmus, effectively making the Peloponnese an island. Today, two road bridges, two railway bridges and two submersible bridges at both ends of the canal connect the mainland side of the isthmus with the Peloponnese side.

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Translator English - Chinese

科林斯地峡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Istmo de Corinto
570 millions of speakers

English

Isthmus of Corinth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुरिन्थुस के Isthmus
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

برزخ كورينث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Коринфский перешеек
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Istmo de Corinto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

করিন্থের ইষ্টমাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Isthme de Corinthe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Isthmus of Corinth
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Isthmus von Korinth
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コリントスの地峡
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코린토스 지협
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Isthmus saka Korintus
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Eo đất Corinth
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொரிந்தியாவின் இஸ்த்மாஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

करिंथचे इस्तमास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Korint ismimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Istmo di Corinto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Przesmyk Koryncki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Коринфський перешийок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Istmul Corint
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ισθμός της Κορίνθου
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Korinthe
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Korintiska näset
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Korinteidet
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISTHMUS OF CORINTH»

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Corinth, the Centenary, 1896-1996
441 In the spring of 146 B.C., the Roman general Lucius Mummius led a large force from Italy to the Isthmus of Corinth to bring the Achaean League to heel, but what he had to deal with were in fact the remnants of the army of the Achaean ...
Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis, 2003
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Congress at the Isthmus of Corinth
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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Corinthi: Corinth Canal, Isthmus of Corinth, Heraion of ...
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Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
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Encyclopedia of Disasters: Environmental Catastrophes and ...
The four-mile-wide Isthmus of Corinth was always a problem because Corinth was on the west side of it. Thus ships arriving through the Gulf of Corinth from Italy and other places west had to turn back through the Gulf and take the long journey ...
Angus Macleod Gunn, 2008
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International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe
Location: On the north shore of the Isthmus of Corinth, which joins the Greek mainland with the Peloponnese, a large peninsula in southern Greece. Description: Much of the ruined city's agora, or central marketplace, has been excavated.
Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda, 1995
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Landforms of Greece: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Isthmus of ...
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LLC Books, 2010
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A System of Ancient and Mediæval Geography for the Use of ...
We shall terminate our account of Corinthia by some remarks on the Isthmus of Corinth. Isthmus of Corinth. The tediousness and expense attending the usual mode of drawing ships across the isthmus, by means of machinery, from Schrenus ...
Charles Anthon, 1850
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From the Levant, the Black Sea and the Danube
ISTHMUS OF CORINTH. 203 route were adopted, to India also. From Brindisi, through the Isthmus of Corinth, a steamboat would make a very short voyage to the Bosphorus, and the Piraeus would then hold a valuable position upon a great  ...
Robert Arthur Arnold (sir.), 1868
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Frommer's Greece Day by Day
The. Peloponnese. Fast. Facts. 6 Crete Favorite Moments in Crete Be prepared to succumb. > The Isthmus of Corinth, a neck of land bisected by a canal, connects the Peloponnese with mainland Greece. > Hania's beautiful harbor is largely ...
Stephen Brewer, Tania Kollias, 2011
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Who's Who in the New Testament
Corinth was an important and wealthy city astride the Isthmus of Corinth and controlling the ports on either side, Lechaeum on the west, Cenchreae on the east. Corinth was the capital of the Roman province of Achaia, the southern part of ...
Canon Ronald Brownrigg, Ronald Brownrigg, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISTHMUS OF CORINTH»

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Beauty of Greece Dazzles from Space (Photo)
The Peloponnese is connected to the Greek mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth. The city of Corinth, rebuilt in 1858 after an earthquake ... «LiveScience.com, Jul 14»
2
Tourist embraces the history of Greece from the mainland
(5) The Corinth Canal cuts through the Isthmus of Corinth, making the Peloponnese technically an island rather than a peninsula. It is an ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 14»
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Unsung dads: Murad II (2)
... tore down a wall called the Hexamilion, which straddled the Isthmus of Corinth, originally built by the Romans and re-built by the Byzantines; ... «Today's Zaman, Mar 14»
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The Peloponnese in London
... jumping at the Isthmus of Corinth. “The event aims to promote the Peloponnese as the top tourist destination of 2014,” said the organizers. «Greek Reporter, Feb 14»
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Canal cruises: squeeze down the Corinth and sail through the Suez
Constructed in the 1890s it cuts through the Isthmus of Corinth on the Greek mainland, providing a shorter route to the Greek port of Piraeus ... «Express.co.uk, Feb 14»
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Stanley M. Aronson: Sisyphus and his endless chores
Sisyphus lived on the Isthmus of Corinth, was the rightful heir to its throne and was a neighbor to Autolycus, a known thief. In the course of time, ... «The Providence Journal, Jan 14»
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What's the Gnarliest Boat "Put In" You've Ever Attempted?
The Diolkos was a paved trackway in Ancient Greece that enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth between the Gulf ... «Field and Stream, Jun 13»
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Temple of Apollo in Corinth Illuminated Up for the First Time
"Its commanding position on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow strip of land that separates the Peloponnese from northern Greece, was the ... «TravelersToday, Jan 13»
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The lunacy of the long-distance runner
The survivors run on, across the Isthmus of Corinth and into the Peloponnese. At ancient Corinth, 93km from Athens and barely more than a ... «The Economist, Dec 12»
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Battle of Salamis Marked After 2500 Years
Both battles were eventually lost, but still allowed the allies to prepare to defend the Isthmus of Corinth whilst the fleet was withdrawn to nearby ... «Greek Reporter, Sep 12»

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