isthmus of suez

/IH1 S M AH0 S AH0 V S UW0 EH0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    The strip of land that lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and is the boundary between the continents of Africa and Asia.

  2. 2

    (UK, archaic, slang) The covered bridge at St. John's College, Cambridge, that connects the college with its grounds on the other side of the river.