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Definition of "transalpine" []

  • Relating to, living on, or coming from the other side of the Alps, especially as viewed from Italy. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "transalpine" in a sentence
  • "As for the cardinal, called the transalpine pope, and his Holiness, by"
  • "Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images A Chinese journalist took a photo of the 35 mile railway tunnel under construction in the Alps. The transalpine rail connection "is a key project for sustaining the long-term viability of both passenger and goods traffic," says Manfred Schellhammer, managing director of freight and logistics company Kuehne & Nagel International AG."
  • "Substantial wreckovations very close to iconoclam are fare more widespread or omnipresent in transalpine countries like Germany and Austria."