Isthmus

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What Wikipedia says

An isthmus ( ISS-məs, ISTH-məs; pl.: isthmuses or isthmi -⁠my; from Ancient Greek ἰσθμός isthmós 'neck') is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.

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