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submontane

[suhb-mon-teyn]

adjective

under or beneath a mountain or mountains.

at or near the foot of mountains.

pertaining or belonging to the lower slopes of mountains.

Origin:
1810–20; < Late Latin submontānus; see sub-, montane

Related forms

sub·mon·tane·ly, adverb

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submontane (sʌbˈmɒnteɪn)

—*adj*
1.	situated on or characteristic of the lower slopes of a mountain
2.	beneath a mountain or mountain range

[C19: from Latin sub- + mōns mountain]

sub'montanely

—*adv*

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