transalpine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: transalpine	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): transalpine, ultramontane n one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transalpine \Transal"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}. [bd] Transalpine garbs.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transalpine \Trans*al"pine\, n. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.