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Meaning of CISMONTANE

Pronunciation:  sis'mânteyn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains; "a contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people"
 
 Synonyms: cisalpine, ultramontane
 
 Antonyms: tramontane, transmontane
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cis*mon"tane\, a. [Pref. cis- + L. mons mountain.]
On this side of the mountains. See under {Ultramontane}.
 

 

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