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TRANSALPINE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("transalpine" is a kind of...):

foreigner; outsider (someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group)

Derivation:

transalpine (on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)

Example:

Cracow was a transalpine university

Synonyms:

transalpine; ultramontane

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

tramontane; transmontane (on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker))

Derivation:

transalpine (one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy)

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