Cismontane and Transalpine

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Cismontane adjective - On this (the speaker's) side of the mountains.

Usage example: a contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people

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Transalpine is an antonym for cismontane.

Transalpine adjective - On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps).

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Cismontane is an antonym for transalpine.

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Transalpine and Cismontane. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cismontane/transalpine

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