Definition of Isthmus of tehuantepec

1. Noun. The narrowest part of southern Mexico is an isthmus between the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the south coast.

Generic synonyms: Isthmus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isthmus Of Tehuantepec

Issa
Issachar
Issas
Issue
Issus
Istanbul
Istanbul twist
Istanbulite
Isthmian Games
Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl
Isthmus Zapotec
Isthmus of Corinth
Isthmus of Kra
Isthmus of Panama
Isthmus of Suez
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Istiophoridae
Istiophorus
Istiophorus albicans
Istria
Istrian
Istriot
Istro-Romanian
Istro-Romanians
Isuprel
Isuridae
Isurus
Isurus glaucus
Isurus oxyrhincus
Isurus paucus

Literary usage of Isthmus of tehuantepec

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"Moro (G.) Observations in relation to a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. ..."

2. Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain by Alexander von Humboldt (1811)
"Isthmus of Tehuantepec.—Lake of Nica~ ragua.—Isthmus of Panama.—Bay of Cupica.—Canal of Choco. ... Isthmus of Tehuantepec ..."

3. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"Coastwise trade of the Pacific coast, 359. Intercoastal trade, 1869-1913, 361. Traffic via Cape Horn and via Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 362. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"This une crosses the Isthmus of Tehuantepec from Coatzacoalcos (officially Puerto Mexico) on the Gulf coast to Salina Cruz on the Pacific coast, ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"He wrote a number of valuable works, among which are: " Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec," 1852; "Phenomena of the Gyroscope," 1858; " Dangers and ..."

6. The native races of the Pacific states of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"... OF IBB isthmus of tehuantepec—HUAVE NUMERALS. North-eastward of the Otomi, is a language called the Fame, spoken in three distinct dialects; ..."

7. Mexico, the Wonderland of the South by William English Carson (1909)
"CHAPTER XXV THE isthmus of tehuantepec WHEN President Diaz, in 1905, formally opened the Tehuantepec National Railway, he gave official recognition to one ..."

8. Mexico and Her People of To-day: An Account of the Customs, Characteristics by Nevin Otto Winter (1913)
"... A TRIP from Vera Cruz to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec takes the traveller into the very centre of the tropics in Mexico. It is a most interesting ride. ..."

9. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"Moro (G.) Observations in relation to a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. ..."

10. Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain by Alexander von Humboldt (1811)
"Isthmus of Tehuantepec.—Lake of Nica~ ragua.—Isthmus of Panama.—Bay of Cupica.—Canal of Choco. ... Isthmus of Tehuantepec ..."

11. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"Coastwise trade of the Pacific coast, 359. Intercoastal trade, 1869-1913, 361. Traffic via Cape Horn and via Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 362. ..."

12. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"This une crosses the Isthmus of Tehuantepec from Coatzacoalcos (officially Puerto Mexico) on the Gulf coast to Salina Cruz on the Pacific coast, ..."

13. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"He wrote a number of valuable works, among which are: " Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec," 1852; "Phenomena of the Gyroscope," 1858; " Dangers and ..."

14. The native races of the Pacific states of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"... OF IBB isthmus of tehuantepec—HUAVE NUMERALS. North-eastward of the Otomi, is a language called the Fame, spoken in three distinct dialects; ..."

15. Mexico, the Wonderland of the South by William English Carson (1909)
"CHAPTER XXV THE isthmus of tehuantepec WHEN President Diaz, in 1905, formally opened the Tehuantepec National Railway, he gave official recognition to one ..."

16. Mexico and Her People of To-day: An Account of the Customs, Characteristics by Nevin Otto Winter (1913)
"... A TRIP from Vera Cruz to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec takes the traveller into the very centre of the tropics in Mexico. It is a most interesting ride. ..."

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