cismontane Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains
    • a contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people

WordNet

Cis*mon"tane adjective
Etymology
Pref. cis- + L. mons mountain.
Definitions
  1. On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.

Webster 1913