cisatlantic

[ sis-uht-lan-tik ]

adjective

1. on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the Atlantic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cisatlantic¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; cis- + Atlantic

Example Sentences

Both preferred a continental to an insular manner of life, a cisatlantic to a transatlantic place of residence.

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She had searched in vain for a cisatlantic equivalent, but could not get hold of one.

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The language of the excellent Mary Ellen, for instance, comes to me with a distinct cisatlantic sound.

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Let us give moral aid and comfort to the campaign, Cisatlantic and Transatlantic, against the steam-whistle.

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America did not become a cisatlantic Britain, as some of the colonial adventurers had hoped.

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