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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps);
- Example: "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"
- Example: "Cracow was a transalpine university"
[syn: transalpine, ultramontane]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Transalpine \Trans*al"pine\, n. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Transalpine \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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

transalpine adj 1: 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" [syn: transalpine, ultramontane] n 1: one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy