Isthmus of Suez
English
Proper noun
the Isthmus of Suez
- 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.
- (Britain, 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.
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary