transmontane
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of transmontane
Example Sentences
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But not every schoolboy's father is conscious of the peculiar individ uality of the transmontane commonwealth.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
In the Virginia and Pennsylvania capitals, the transmontane country was still a misty region.
From Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
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.
From A Pioneer Railway of the West by Lafferty, Maude Ward
There had always been a disparity between the people of these transmontane counties and the tide-water region.
From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen
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