Cismontane

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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