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transmontane

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

adjective

tramontane.

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Origin of transmontane

1720–30; <Latin trānsmontānus; see trans-, mount2, -an

Words nearby transmontane

transmittance, transmittancy, transmitter, transmittivity, transmogrify, transmontane, transmundane, transmural, transmutation, transmute, transnational
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Example sentences from the Web for transmontane

  • Of these numbers the transmontane country had but eighty delegates and nine senators.

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921|Various

  • There had always been a disparity between the people of these transmontane counties and the tide-water region.

    Stephen A. Douglas|Allen Johnson

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

    Afloat on the Ohio|Reuben Gold Thwaites

  • Now shall ye know, that against the Transmontane is the tother star that is clept Antarctic, as I have said before.

    The Travels of Sir John Mandeville|John Mandeville

British Dictionary definitions for transmontane

transmontane
/ (ˌtrænzmɒnˈteɪn) /

adjective, noun

another word for tramontane
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