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[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