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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Origin of cismontane

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

Words nearby cismontane

ciselé, cisgender, cishet, ciskei, cislunar, cismontane, cispadane, cisplatin, cissexual, cissing, cissoid

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Example sentences from the Web for cismontane

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
But this I will do—thank you most sincerely for the compliment you pay us Cismontane heretics.
Yeast: A Problem|Charles Kingsley

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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