Definition of Transalpine

1. Noun. One living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy.

Generic synonyms: Foreigner, Outsider

2. Adjective. On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps). "Cracow was a transalpine university"
Exact synonyms: Ultramontane
Similar to: Tramontane, Transmontane

Definition of Transalpine

1. a. 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.

2. n. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.

Definition of Transalpine

1. Adjective. On the other side of the Alps (with respect to Rome, therefore the north side). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transalpine

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transalpine

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transactivating
transactivation
transactivations
transactivator
transactivators
transactive
transactor
transactors
transacts
transacylase
transacylases
transacylation
transaldolase
transaldolation
transamidation
transamidations
transamidinases
transamidination
transaminase
transaminases
transaminate
transaminated
transaminates
transaminating
transamination
transaminations
transanimate
transanimated

Literary usage of Transalpine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"A Roman province, including the colo- nies of Narbonne and Toulouse, was thus formed in the Provi BC 125- south-eastern part of transalpine Gaul. ..."

2. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"Box 2.1 transalpine freight transport Since 1994, ... There are also large transalpine road passenger movements, including those related to tourism. ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Tho Romanization of the province was rapidly developed, and from this time its history becomes identified with that of the Roman empire. II. transalpine ..."

4. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1881)
"transalpine Gaul, as a geographical Boundaries division, has well-marked boundaries in the Mediterra- ..."

5. Delineation of Roman Catholicism: Drawn from the Authentic and Acknowledged by Charles Elliott (1851)
"... outlines of the doctrines of that class of divines called transalpine, or those who dwell in or near Rome, and are distinguished from the Cisalpine, ..."

6. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Italic Gauls Permit, in reverence of their common gods, Pass, by their marches, the transalpine Gauls. Those also shall king Brennus and his lords, Bid, ..."

7. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"The campaign of the year 490 was marked by the BOOK iv. formation of great transalpine alliances which, though we hear but vaguely concerning them, ..."

8. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1827)
"X. transalpine Memoirs: or, Anecdotes and Observations, shew- mg the actual state of Italy, and the Italians. By an English Catholic. 12mo. 2 vols. 15s. ..."

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