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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\, 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]


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]