cismontane

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cismontane - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cismontane \Cis*mon"tane\, a. [Pref. cis- + L. mons mountain.]
     On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.
     [1913 Webster]

cismontane - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cismontane
      adj 1: on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains; "a contest
             in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people"
             [ant: tramontane, transmontane]