cismontane
[ sis-mon-teyn ]
/ sɪsˈmɒn teɪn /
adjective
on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the mountains, especially the Alps.
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Words nearby cismontane
cishet, Ciskei, cislunar, cis male, cis man, cismontane, cispadane, cis person, cisplatin, cisplatinum, cissexual
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British Dictionary definitions for cismontane
cismontane
/ (sɪsˈmɒnteɪn) /
adjective
on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the AlpsCompare ultramontane (def. 1)
Word Origin for cismontane
C18: from Latin cis- + montānus of the mountains, from mōns mountain
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