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–noun

1.	an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.

2.	a port in the NE Peloponnesus, in S Greece: NE of the site of ancient Corinth.

3.	Gulf of. Also called Gulf of Lepanto. an arm of the Ionian Sea, N of the Peloponnesus.

4.	Isthmus of, an isthmus at the head of the Gulf of Corinth, connecting the Peloponnesus with central Greece: traversed by a ship canal.

5.	a city in NE Mississippi. 13,839.

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Corinth, Isthmus of
A narrow isthmus connecting central Greece with the Peloponnesus. It lies between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Sea and is crossed by the Corinth Canal, constructed from 1881 to 1893.

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isthmus of corinth
noun
a narrow isthmus between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf; a canal crosses the isthmus so that navigation is possible between the gulfs