'Transalpine' definitions:
Definition of 'transalpine'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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: transalpine, ultramontane]
noun
One living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
Definition of 'Transalpine'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Transalpine'
From: GCIDE
- Transalpine \Trans*al"pine\, n. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy. [1913 Webster]