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in⋅ter⋅mon⋅tane

   [in-ter-mon-teyn]
–adjective
located between mountains or mountain ranges: an intermontane lake.
Also, in⋅ter⋅moun⋅tain  [in-ter-moun-tn] .

Origin:
1800–10, Americanism; < L inter- inter- + montānus, equiv. to mont- (s. of mōns) mount 2 + -ānus -ane
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in·ter·moun·tain     (ĭn'tər-moun'tən)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Located between mountains or mountain systems, especially lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada or Cascade Range in the western United States.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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