cisalpine

[ sis-al-pahyn, -pin ]

/ sɪsˈæl paɪn, -pɪn /

adjective

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

Nearby words

cis woman, cis-, cis-aconitic acid, cis-trans test, cisaconitic acid, cisalpine, cisalpine gaul, cisatlantic, cisc, ciscaucasia, cisco

Origin of cisalpine

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

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Examples from the Web for cisalpine

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.
This retrograde condition, however, of classical literature, was only perceptible in Cisalpine Europe.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1|Henry Hallam
They presented him the address, urging upon him the acceptance of the Presidency of the Cisalpine Republic.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V|Various
The people of Cisalpine Gaul, for instance, had no Druidic priesthood.
Legends & Romances of Brittany|Lewis Spence

The chief officers of the Cisalpine republic installed by Bonaparte.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for cisalpine

cisalpine

/ (sɪsˈælpaɪn) /

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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