Cismontane and Transmontane

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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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Transmontane is an antonym for cismontane.

Transmontane adjective - On or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker).

Usage example: the transmontane section of the state

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Cismontane is an antonym for transmontane.

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

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