cisalpine

[sis-al-pahyn, -pin]

adjective

on this (the Roman or south) side of the Alps.

Origin of cisalpine

1535–45; < Latin Cisalpīnus, equivalent to cis- cis- + Alpīnus Alpine

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Historical Examples of cisalpine

The war in Cisalpine Gaul did not cease with the departure of Hannibal.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348
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The people of Cisalpine Gaul, for instance, had no Druidic priesthood.
Legends & Romances of Brittany
Lewis Spence
The various new republics of Lombardy were united and recognised under the general name of the Cisalpine Republic.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte
John Gibson Lockhart
Cisalpine Gaul was that part where the inhabitants wore a sort of adaptation of the Roman toga.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces
Francis Miltoun
The Cisalpine Gauls, lately so restless, and whom we shall soon see taking arms again, remained motionless.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.

British Dictionary definitions for cisalpine

cisalpine

adjective

on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
relating to a movement in the Roman Catholic Church to minimize the authority of the pope and to emphasize the independence of branches of the ChurchCompare ultramontane (def. 2)

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Word Origin and History for cisalpine

adj.

1540s, from Latin cisalpinus "on this side of the Alps" (from the Roman point of view), from cis- (see cis-) + Alpinus "Alpine" (see Alpine). Cf. ultramontane.