Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transalpine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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" [syn: {ultramontane}]
n : one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from
Italy
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