Shoko rokuti "Isthmus" rinobva pashoko rechiGiriki chekare rokuti "neck" uye rinoreva kuoma kwenyika. Isthmus yaizivikanwa munyika yekare sechinhu chinoparadzanisa Peloponnese kubva kunyika yeGreece. Muzana remakore rokutanga AD geographer Strabo akacherechedza stele paIsthmus yeKorinde, iyo yaiva nemashoko maviri. Imwe yakananga kuMabvazuva, kureva Megara, kuverenga: "Hapana Peloponnesus, asi Ionia" (δ ̓ οὐχὶλοπόνσος, ̓ ̓ ̓λλωνία) uye imwe yakananga kuWest Corinth Canal, kureva Peloponnese Canal.
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