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Adjective: transalpine  tranz'al-pin
  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"
    - ultramontane
Noun: transalpine  tranz'al-pin
  1. One living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy

Derived forms: transalpines

See also: tramontane, transmontane

Type of: foreigner, outsider

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