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trans alpine

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trans⋅al⋅pine

[trans-al-pahyn, -pin, tranz-]
–adjective
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.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of peoples or lands beyond the Alps.
–noun
4. a native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps.

Origin:
1580–90; < L trānsalpīnus across the Alps, equiv. to trāns- trans- + Alp(ēs) the Alps + -īnus -ine 1
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