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WHAT DOES ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Isthmus of Tehuantepec

The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, and prior to the opening of the Panama Canal was a major shipping route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route. The name is taken from the town of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca, which in turn comes from the Nahuatl tecuani-tepec.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC

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Synonyms and antonyms of Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Isthmus of Tehuantepec» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

特万特佩克地峡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Istmo de Tehuantepec
570 millions of speakers

English

Isthmus of Tehuantepec
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Tehuantepec के Isthmus
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

برزخ تيهوانتبيك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Перешеек Теуантепек
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Istmo de Tehuantepec
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তেহরান্তপেকের ইস্টমাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Isthme de Tehuantepec
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Isthmus Tehuantepec
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Isthmus von Tehuantepec
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テワンテペクの地峡
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Tehuantepec 의 지협
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Isthmus saka Tehuantepec
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Eo đất Tehuantepec
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேஹுந்தேப்டேக்கின் இசுமசு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तेहुन्तेपेकच्या इस्तमास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tehuantepec´in İsthmusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Istmo di Tehuantepec
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Przesmyk Tehuantepec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Перешийок Теуантепек
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Istmul din Tehuantepec
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ισθμός της Tehuantepec
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Landengte van Tehuantepec
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Näset Tehuantepec
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Isthmus av Tehuantepec
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC»

The term «Isthmus of Tehuantepec» is normally little used and occupies the 146.794 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC»

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The New Route of Commerce by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec: A ...
In peace, which may be regarded as the normal condition of our American national sisterhood, a ship canal across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec would bring the Gulf ports nearer the harbour of San Francisco, by more than 2,500 miles, than ...
Simon Stevens, 1871
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The Fresh-Water Fishes of Mexico North of the Isthmus of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Seth Eugene Meek, 2011
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The Atlantic and Pacific Ship-Railway Across the Isthmus of ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Elmer L. Corthell, 2010
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Geology of México: Celebrating the Centenary of the ...
Off the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the trench is intersected by the Tehuantepec fracture zone, which is close to the proposed diffuse triple junction between the Caribbean, North American, and Cocos plates. The dip of the subduction zone ...
Susana A. Alaniz-Álvarez, Ángel F. Nieto-Samaniego, Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 2007
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In Excess: Sergei Eisenstein's Mexico
Even the repeated shots of water (of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec) are full of motion—the wind breaking the waves and the play of light on the water. The insistence on the images of the water are not entirely arbitrary: first of all, they can be seen ...
Masha Salazkina, 2009
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The Isthmus of Tehuantepec
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed.
Major J G Barnard, 2012
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Cultural Politics in Colonial Tehuantepec: Community and ...
"Changing Patterns of Resource Exploitation, Settlement Distribution, and Demography on the Southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico." In Barbara L. Stark and Barbara Voorhies, eds., Prehistoric Coastal Adaptations: The Economy and ...
Judith Francis Zeitlin, 2005
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Fixing Men: Sex, Birth Control, and AIDS in Mexico
the cultural sexuality of the isthmus of tehuantepec The women were the most beautiful in all Mexico, and they bathed naked in the river every morning. . . . Whenever we mentioned Tehuantepec to the Mexicans, we found that they agreed, ...
Matthew Gutmann, 2007
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Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress: The Fashion of Frida Kahlo
After their successful ethnographic work in the island of Rali (1930—1937), the Covarrubiases traveled to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where they remained from 1939 to 194?. They returned to that region frequently, thanks to Miguel's funding ...
Denise Rosensweig, Magdalena Rosenzweig, 2008
10
Cultural Continuity in Mesoamerica
David L. Browman. Table 2. Iron ore sources outside the Valley of Oaxaca sampled for Mossbauer spectral analysis I. 2. 3. Cerro del Mercado Durango Cerro Estaquio La Ventosa, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca Cerro Gracias a Dios ...
David L. Browman, 1978

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

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Isthmus of Tehuantepec is used in the context of the following news items.
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2 CentAm Migrants Die in Traffic Accident in Southern Mexico
... migrants from Guatemala and Honduras flipped over on a highway in southern Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the National Migration Institute, or INM, said. «Latin American Herald Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Yucatán, USA?
... annexation and urging the take-over of Tabasco and Chiapas as well, so the United States would control the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. «The Yucatan Times, Jul 15»
3
5.1 quake hits Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico, no …
The quake hit the Isthmus of Tehuantepec just before 11 a.m. local time (1554 GMT) on Sunday in a mountainous area about 14 miles (22 ... «New Europe, Jun 15»
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Mexico's Grassroots Caravans for Water, Land, Work and Life
The pueblos of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec have succeeded in blocking transnationals that push to install more wind parks to generate ... «Upside Down World, Jun 15»
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Freedom Socialist Party statement on Election Day Arrests in Mexico
... those arrested on July 7 are Heriberto Magariño, a leader of both the Partido Obrero Socialista and teachers in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. «Freedom Socialist Party, Jun 15»
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The Coming Elections in Mexico
His current research focus has been on the social impact of wind energy projects in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Notes. [1] Member of ... «CounterPunch, Jun 15»
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Native Communities in Mexico Demand to be Consulted on Wind …
Juchitán is located in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a windy narrow land bridge between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in Mexico's southern ... «Inter Press Service, Jun 15»
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How a remote town in southern Mexico reinvented sex and gender
Others argue that's no longer the case and that a muxe doesn't necessarily have to be born in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region, where Juchitán resides. «Fusion, May 15»
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Fitch Affirms CE Oaxaca Cuatro, S. de R.L. de C.V.'s Senior Secured …
... S. de R.L. de C.V. (AEM)to own and operate a 102-megawatt (MW) wind farm located in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, in southern ... «Business Wire, May 15»
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Mexico evolves into trade giant, but corruption remains
Our drive to Yucatan from the Pacific coast had taken us on an unpaved road over the mountainous spine of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. «JOC.com, Mar 15»

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