Crossword clues for transalpine
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Transalpine \Trans*al"pine\, a. [L. transalpinus; trans across,
beyond + Alpinus Alpine, from Alpes the Alps: cf. F.
transalpin.]
Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that
is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining
to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine
Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine. `` Transalpine garbs.''
--Beau. & Fl.
Transalpine \Trans*al"pine\, n. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.
Wiktionary
a. On the other side of the Alps (with respect to Rome, therefore the north side).
WordNet
adj. on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps); "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university" [syn: ultramontane]
n. one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
Usage examples of "transalpine".
The philologue, the historian of to-day, of his nature an archaiser, feels, in presence of this formidable fact, almost as puzzled as Caesar or Tacitus when they tried to indicate in Roman terminology the nature of those incipient States, transalpine, further Rhine, or Spanish.
But it was evident that the Tribes would reject this law, and the Senate got rid of the proposer by sending him into Transalpine Gaul, where the Massilians had implored the assistance of Rome against the Salluvians.