Transalpine Definition & Meaning

transalpine
adjective
  1. 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"
noun
  1. one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy

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