cisatlantic

[ sis-uht-lan-tik ]

adjective

1. on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the Atlantic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cisatlantic¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; cis- + Atlantic

Example Sentences

The careful reader will note, that, in the list which I have prepared, I have included the names of several Cisatlantic societies to which a place is not commonly assigned in processions of this nature.

From Project Gutenberg

His Old World accent and reactionary politics might not have been sufficient to earn Niall Ferguson his cisatlantic celebrity, were it not for the demise of American intellectual conservatism, chronicled by Sam Tanenhaus and others.

From Salon

Our second, never to suffer Europe to meddle in cisatlantic affairs.”

From Project Gutenberg

Could France have won his influence in her behalf, England could not have broken that rival power in America without an exhausting expenditure of men and treasure, and without leaders of a different stamp from the blockheads with whom she long continued to paralyze her Cisatlantic armies.

From Project Gutenberg

Certainly the learning of these Lectures is unequalled, even by his former exhibitions in that line; and our Cisatlantic standard of attainment seems rather scanty beside this vast affluence.

From Project Gutenberg