transmontane

American

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

adjective

tramontane.

transmontane British

/ ˌtrænzmɒnˈteɪn /

adjective

another word for tramontane

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Etymology

Origin of transmontane

1720–30; < Latin trānsmontānus ; trans-, mount ², -an

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Thus was established the pattern of transmontane buffalo hunting, first reported by Lewis and Clark and studied latterly by many anthropologists.

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If one were to take a map of M'Loughlin's transmontane empire and lay it across the face of a map of Europe, it would cover the continent from St Petersburg to Madrid.

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

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The author has told us, in the preceding chapter, of several attempts of English coast colonists to make transmontane settlements, quite apart from thought of ousting the French.

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The amazing richness of the soil had lured the first settlers from the safety of their transmontane homes to the hardships of Indian fighting and primitive living.

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