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Definition of: Suez, Isthmus of
The neck of land joining Asia and Africa; between the Gulf of Suez and the Mediterranean; 72 miles wide at its narrowest point; traversed by the Suez Canal, a ship canal 107 miles long, 197 feet wide, constructed (1859–69) by Ferdinand de Lesseps.
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