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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)
    "Cracow was a transalpine university"; "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium";
    - 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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