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transmontane

American  
[trans-mon-teyn, tranz-, trans-mon-teyn, tranz-] / trænsˈmɒn teɪn, trænz-, ˌtræns mɒnˈteɪn, ˌtrænz- /

adjective

  1. tramontane.


transmontane British  
/ ˌtrænzmɒnˈteɪn /

adjective

  1. another word for tramontane

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Etymology

Origin of transmontane

1720–30; < Latin trānsmontānus ; trans-, mount 2, -an

Example Sentences

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But not every schoolboy's father is conscious of the peculiar individ uality of the transmontane commonwealth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Without more continuous historical data such as is available on transmontane hunting patterns in Wyoming, any question of historical changes in hunting itineraries must remain open.

From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Murphy, Robert F.

Thus was established the pattern of transmontane buffalo hunting, first reported by Lewis and Clark and studied latterly by many anthropologists.

From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Murphy, Robert F.

In the Virginia and Pennsylvania capitals, the transmontane country was still a misty region.

From Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo by Thwaites, Reuben Gold

The whole transmontane populace welcomed Frankland with enthusiasm.

From Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground by Skinner, Constance Lindsay