TRANSALPINE


Meaning of TRANSALPINE in English

I. (ˈ)tran(t)s, -raan-, -nz+ adjective

Etymology: Latin transalpinus, from trans- + Alpes the Alps, mountains of south central Europe + Latin -inus -ine

1. : of, relating to, or situated on the farther side of the Alps

transalpine Gaul … was the country included between the Rhine, the ocean, the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean, and the Alps — J.A.Froude

Cracow, one of the best of the transalpine universities — G.C.Sellery

— opposed to cisalpine

2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps

II. noun

Etymology: Latin Transalpini (plural), from plural of transalpinus, adjective

: a native or inhabitant of a transalpine country

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