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Definition of Isthmus of Suez
1. Noun. The isthmus in northeastern Egypt that connects Africa and Asia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isthmus Of Suez
Literary usage of Isthmus of Suez
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"It is the Isthmus of Suez. So the Western Hemisphere has its isthmus of supreme
importance, ... The Isthmus of Suez is flat as a table from one end to the ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1856)
"The Isthmus of Suez Question. By FERDINAND DE LESSEPS, Minister Plenipotentiary.
London: 1855. 2. Essais par MM. Baude et Talabot sur le Canal de Suez. ..."
3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"In the study of the effect of the Isthmus of Suez on the distribution of ...
AE Ortmann and others, was not across the Isthmus of Suez, but farther to the ..."
4. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"Isthmus of Suez. Southern Quarterly Review, vol. 9, p. 57 ; Living Age, vol.47, p.
151. Itinéraire des Invités aux Fêtes d'Inauguration du Canal de Suez, ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF SUBMERSION OF THE Isthmus of Suez. Yet, from geological
data, there is strong evidence that the Isthmus of Suez was submerged in ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"On the proposed Ship Canal through the Isthmus of Suez. By Dr. HODGKIN. It will,
perhaps, be asked in what the difficulties consist ? ..."
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