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Transalpine

Transalpine Meaning & Definition
Transalpine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Transalpine?

[n] one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
[adj] on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps); "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Transalpine: tramontane | transmontane | ultramontane

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See Also | foreigner | outsider

Transalpine In Webster's Dictionary

\Trans*al"pine\, a. [L. transalpinus; trans across, beyond + Alpinus Alpine, from Alpes the Alps: cf. F. transalpin.] Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to {cisalpine}. `` Transalpine garbs.'' --Beau. & Fl.
\Trans*al"pine\, n. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.

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