Difference between revisions of "On this side the scraggy isthmus of Europe Minor"

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(Quote from Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926)
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* [[Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926]]: ''"Isthmus of Sutton a neck of land between [[Howth Castle and Environs|Howth] head and the plain"''
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* [[Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926]]: ''"Isthmus of Sutton a neck of land between [[Howth Castle and Environs|Howth]] head and the plain"''
  
 
* '''Isthmus of Sutton:''' a narrow isthmus located about 12km from the centre of Dublin at the base of the [[Howth]] [[peninsula]]. It is a tombolo and connects [[Howth]] to the mainland.
 
* '''Isthmus of Sutton:''' a narrow isthmus located about 12km from the centre of Dublin at the base of the [[Howth]] [[peninsula]]. It is a tombolo and connects [[Howth]] to the mainland.

Revision as of 11:08, 25 September 2009

  • isthmos (ισθμος): (Greek) neck; peninsula → scraggy
  • eastmost: (adj) easternmost, farthest east