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cismontane

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cis⋅mon⋅tane

  [sis-mon-teyn]
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–adjective
on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the mountains, esp. the Alps.
Origin:
1820–30; < L cismontānus, equiv. to cis- cis- + montānus montane
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cis·mon·tane   (sĭs-mŏn'tān')   
adj.  Situated on this side of the mountains, especially the Alps.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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