transalpine
Americanadjective
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situated beyond the Alps, especially toward the north as viewed from Italy.
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passing or extending across or through the Alps.
a transalpine railway.
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of, relating to, or characteristic of peoples or lands beyond the Alps.
noun
adjective
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situated in or relating to places beyond the Alps, esp from Italy
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passing over the Alps
noun
Etymology
Origin of transalpine
1580–90; < Latin trānsalpīnus across the Alps, equivalent to trāns- trans- + Alp ( ēs ) the Alps + -īnus -ine 1
Example Sentences
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Across the platform, I spotted the scarlet cars of the Rhaetian Railway, and the wood-lined, century-old dining car of a transalpine train known as the Gourmino.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023
The French president and Italian prime minister were dubbed Europe’s “new power couple” by Politico in July, amid reports of a transalpine bromance.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021
One of their more recent tasks: building the transalpine line between Trieste and Ingolstadt in Bavaria, completed last year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through the transalpine lifeline of Switzerland's St. Gotthard rail tunnel flowed supplies between the Axis partners, Germany and Italy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The horses and armour of the Italian men at arms were reckoned superior to those of the transalpine nations against which they had measured themselves in France, during "the war of the public weal."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 535, February 25, 1832 by Various
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