transalpine

[ trans-al-pahyn, -pin, tranz- ]

adjective

1. situated beyond the Alps, especially toward the north as viewed from Italy.
2. passing or extending across or through the Alps:

   a transalpine railway.

3. of, relating to, or characteristic of peoples or lands beyond the Alps.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps.

transalpine

/ trænzˈælpaɪn /

adjective

1. situated in or relating to places beyond the Alps, esp from Italy
2. passing over the Alps

noun

1. a transalpine person

Word History and Origins

Origin of transalpine¹

1580–90; < Latin trānsalpīnus across the Alps, equivalent to trāns- trans- + Alp ( ēs ) the Alps + -īnus -ine ¹

Example Sentences

It is certain that the Transalpine Gauls were a conspicuously taller race.

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Let not the love of your Transalpine dominions detain you longer.

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Before transalpine influences were imported, a truly national renaissance had begun.

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There was a part of Transalpine Gaul which had been already conquered and reduced to a Roman province.

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This done he set himself to training his new men, encamped in Transalpine Gaul, in readiness to meet the foe.

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