transalpine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
  2. adjective satellite on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)
    ultramontane.
    • ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium
    • Cracow was a transalpine university

WordNet

Trans*al"pine adjective
Etymology
L. transalpinus; trans across, beyond + Alpinus Alpine, from Alpes the Alps: cf. F. transalpin.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Trans*al"pine noun
Definitions
  1. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.

Webster 1913