{
  "Istanbul":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in northwestern Turkey partly in Europe and partly in Asia on the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara; capital of Turkey before its independence in 1923 and earlier capital of the Ottoman Empire population 12,500,000":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cci-st\u0259n-\u02c8b\u00fcl",
      "-\u02ccst\u00e4n-",
      "or with m for n",
      "-\u02c8bu\u0307l",
      "\u02c8i-st\u0259n-\u02ccb\u00fcl",
      "-\u02ccbu\u0307l",
      "-\u02ccstan-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203856",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "isthmus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas":[],
      ": a narrow anatomical part or passage connecting two larger structures or cavities":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8is-m\u0259s",
      "\u02c8i-sm\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Miramar \u2014 which is connected to the rest of Wellington by a large, unfenced isthmus and is home to tens of thousands of people \u2014 the department has worked with local volunteers to eliminate possums, weasels and brown rats. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "Squeezed onto an isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, with three other lakes in the area. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
      "Heading east, add the five-mile Harwood Lakes segment\u2014camp on an isthmus between lakes\u2014and then the 6.5-mile Firth Lake stretch, which skirts the rims of kettle lakes in deep forest. \u2014 Outside Online , 3 Nov. 2020",
      "The Mosquito Coast is the nickname for the Caribbean side of the isthmus , so-called for the indigenous tribe native to the area and not the pesky bug\u2014although there are plenty of those. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Within days three of the group died and the glowing euphoria of adventure was replaced by deep resentment at being misled about the dangers of the isthmus . \u2014 baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Home to Ducru, the legendary M\u00e9doc is located on an isthmus between the Atlantic Ocean and the estuary of the mighty Gironde River, which has a profound impact on the wines. \u2014 Ted Loos, Robb Report , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "Gibraltar's airport was built right before World War II at the edge of Gibraltar's isthmus , just meters away from the Spanish border and on land that Spain claims was not included in the Treaty of Utrecht, by which the Rock was ceded to Britain. \u2014 Miquel Ros, CNN , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "Windy weather on the isthmus also kept the insects away. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from Greek isthmos":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182120"
  },
  "isthmian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a native or inhabitant of an isthmus":[],
      ": a native or inhabitant of the Isthmus of Panama":[],
      ": of, relating to, or situated in or near an isthmus : such as":[],
      ": of or relating to the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece or the games held there in ancient times":[],
      ": of or relating to the Isthmus of Panama connecting the North American and South American continents":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8i-sm\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1603, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195445"
  },
  "isthmoid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling an isthmus":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccm\u022fid"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from (assumed) New Latin isthmoides , from New Latin isthm- (from isthmus ) + Latin -oides -oid":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215133"
  },
  "isth":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "isthmus":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083946"
  },
  "Istiophoridae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of large vigorous marine scombroid fishes comprising important food and sport fishes (as sailfishes, spearfishes, and marlins)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccist\u0113\u014d\u02c8f\u022fr\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Istiophorus , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155851"
  },
  "isthmic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to an anatomical isthmus":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8is-mik",
      "\u02c8i-smik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171227"
  },
  "Istiophorus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small but widely distributed genus of fishes comprising the sailfishes (see sailfish sense 1 ) and being type of the family Istiophoridae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccist\u0113\u02c8\u00e4f\u0259r\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, irregular from Greek histion sail + New Latin -phorus ; akin to Greek histanai to cause to stand":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224329"
  },
  "isthmiate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having an isthmus (see isthmus sense 2 )":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0113\u02cc\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin isthmiatus , from isthmi- (from isthmus ) + Latin -atus -ate":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230748"
  },
  "istle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a strong fiber (as for cordage or basketwork) obtained from various tropical American plants (such as an agave)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ist-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "American Spanish ixtle , from Nahuatl \u012bchtli":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-231953"
  },
  "Istria":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "peninsula in Croatia and Slovenia projecting into the northern Adriatic Sea":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8i-str\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-030140"
  }
}