cis·mon·tane

[sis-mon-teyn]
adjective
on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the mountains, especially the Alps.

Origin:
1820–30; < Latin cismontānus, equivalent to cis- cis- + montānus montane

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cismontane (sɪsˈmɒnteɪn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
Compare ultramontane on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
 
[C18: from Latin cis- + montānus of the mountains, from mōns mountain]

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