cisalpine

2 definitions found

cisalpine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cisalpine \Cis*al"pine\, a. [L. Cisalpinus; cis on this side +
     Alpinus Alpine.]
     On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that
     is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.
     [1913 Webster]

cisalpine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cisalpine
      adj 1: on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient
             cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the
             Alps" [syn: cisalpine, ultramontane]