cismontane

[sis-mon-teyn]

adjective

on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the mountains, especially the Alps.

Origin of cismontane

1820–30; < Latin cismontānus, equivalent to cis- cis- + montānus montane

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Historical Examples of cismontane

But this I will do—thank you most sincerely for the compliment you pay us Cismontane heretics.
Yeast: A Problem
Charles Kingsley
Sustained by the united support of Cismontane Christendom, the council resolutely went its way.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II
Henry Charles Lea

British Dictionary definitions for cismontane

cismontane

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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Word Origin and History for cismontane

adj.

from Latin cis- "on this side of" (see cis-) + stem of mons (see mount (n.)).