ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Isthmus of Tehuantepec mean? 

• ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC (noun)
  The noun ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

isthmus (a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas)