transmontane

American  

[trans-mon-tayn, tranz-, trans-mon-tayn, tranz-] / trænsˈmɒn teɪn, trænz-, ˌtræns mɒnˈteɪn, ˌtrænz- /

adjective

1. tramontane.

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transmontane British  

/ ˌtrænzmɒnˈteɪn /

adjective

1. another word for tramontane

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Etymology

Origin of transmontane

1720–30; < Latin trānsmontānus ; see trans-, mount ², -an

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Example Sentences

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transmontane

But not every schoolboy's father is conscious of the peculiar individ uality of the transmontane commonwealth.

From Time Magazine Archive

The amazing richness of the soil had lured the first settlers from the safety of their transmontane homes to the hardships of Indian fighting and primitive living.

From A Pioneer Railway of the West by Maude Ward Lafferty

From India he proceeds to the island of Lamary, the Lambri of Marco Polo; and by using the Italian term "the star transmontane," at once betrays the source of his plagiarism.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

In the Virginia and Pennsylvania capitals, the transmontane country was still a misty region.

From Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo by Reuben Gold Thwaites

If one were to take a map of M'Loughlin's transmontane empire and lay it across the face of a map of Europe, it would cover the continent from St Petersburg to Madrid.

From Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

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