transmontane

American  

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

adjective

1. tramontane.

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transmontane British  

/ ˌtrænzmɒnˈteɪn /

adjective

1. another word for tramontane

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Etymology

Origin of transmontane

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

Example Sentences

But not every schoolboy's father is conscious of the peculiar individ uality of the transmontane commonwealth.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a word, are latter day freebooters of our Western Wilderness playing the same game in the great transmontane domain as the old-time pirates played on the high seas?

From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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

But at that time they inhabited only a small portion of the country and had not obtained any transmontane sovereignty.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). by Foster, Herbert Baldwin

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.

From Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)