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trans·al·pine
(trăns-ăl′pīn′, trănz-)adj.
Relating to, living on, or coming from the other side of the Alps, especially as viewed from Italy.
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transalpine
(trænzˈælpaɪn)adj (prenominal)
1. (Physical Geography) situated in or relating to places beyond the Alps, esp from Italy
2. passing over the Alps
n
a transalpine person
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trans•al•pine
(trænsˈæl paɪn, -pɪn, trænz-)adj.
1. situated beyond the Alps, esp. toward the north as viewed from Italy.
2. passing or extending across or through the Alps: a transalpine railway.
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Noun 1. [画像:transalpine - one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy]transalpine - one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
Adj. 1. [画像:transalpine - on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)]transalpine - 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"
tramontane, transmontane - on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); "the transmontane section of the state"; "tramontane winds"
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