Cismontane

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  • adjective. Situated on this side of the mountains, especially the Alps.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Situated on this (the speaker's) side of the mountain; specifically, on the northern side of the Alps (with special reference to the relation of the peoples north of Italy to the see of Rome): opposed to ultramontane.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. On this side of the mountains. See under ultramontane.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. From this side of the mountains.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains
    • Word Usage
    "The cismontane people opposed this, since any change in this direction would tend to place too much political power in the hands of the westerners."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    ultramontane  
    Equivalent
    cisalpine  ultramontane  
    variant
    ultramontane  
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