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cisatlantic

American  
[sis-uht-lan-tik] / ˌsɪs ətˈlæn tɪk /

adjective

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


Etymology

Origin of cisatlantic

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

Example Sentences

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

From Explorers of the Dawn by Morley, Christopher

The present memoir will, therefore, simply comprise a brief sketch of the most interesting portion of Mr. Brown's history while in America, together with a short account of his subsequent cisatlantic career.

From Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met by Brown, William Wells

New plans—secular, ethical, philosophical, religious, cisatlantic, transatlantic—long enough to make a line reaching from the German universities to Great Salt Lake City.

From New Tabernacle Sermons by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)

Our second, never to suffer Europe to meddle in cisatlantic affairs.”

From Thomas Jefferson by Merwin, Henry Childs

Men yet living can remember when in the eyes of the universal church of learning, all cisatlantic countries, our own included, were partes infidelium.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon

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