Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cis- \Cis-\
A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English
words, and signifying on this side.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
CIS
n : an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist
Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in
Dec 1991 [syn: {Commonwealth of Independent States}, {CIS}]
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