transalpine
adjective, noun
Forms Transalpines
- adjective On the other side of the Alps (usually with respect to Rome, therefore the north side).
- noun Someone from a country the other side of the Alps, seen from the point of view of Italy; a non-Italian.
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Etymology
From trans- + Alpine.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective 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.
- noun A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.
Etymology [L. transalpinus; trans across, beyond + Alpinus Alpine, from Alpes the Alps: cf. F. transalpin.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “transalpine”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details