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transalpine

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Transalpine \Trans*al"pine\, n.
   A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is,
   out of Italy.

Source : WordNet®

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