re: #97 Alouette

What is cis? That’s the first time I have heard the term (except when it was used to refer to the states of the former Soviet Union)

In Latin prefix terms, the opposite of ‘trans-‘—‘this side’ as opposed to ‘across from’.

The Romans divided Gaul into Cisalpine Gaul and Transalpine Gaul. “Gaul on this side of the Alps” and “Gaul on the other side of the Alps”.