Cismontane \Cis*mon"tane\, a. [Pref. cis- + L. mons mountain.]
On this side of the mountains. See under {Ultramontane}.
cismontane
adj : on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains; "a contest in
Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people"
[ant: {tramontane}]