cisalpine

[ sis-al-pahyn, -pin ]

/ sɪsˈæl paɪn, -pɪn /

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adjective

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

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Origin of cisalpine

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

Words nearby cisalpine

cirrus, cirrus clouds, cirsoid, cis, cisaconitic acid, cisalpine, Cisalpine Gaul, cisatlantic, CISC, Ciscaucasia, cisco

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How to use cisalpine in a sentence

It was only at a much later time that Cisalpine Gaul began to be considered a part of Italy.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States|James Hamilton Lewis
The war in Cisalpine Gaul did not cease with the departure of Hannibal.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348|Various
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.
The warlike habits and predatory dispositions of the Cisalpine Gauls afforded the means of obtaining this necessary succour.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845|Various

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

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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