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transalpine

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trans·al·pine  (trns-lpn, trnz-)
adj.
Relating to, living on, or coming from the other side of the Alps, especially as viewed from Italy.
transalpine
Adjective
beyond the Alps, esp. as viewed from Italy
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Noun1.transalpinetransalpine - one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
outsider, foreigner - someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
Adj.1.transalpinetransalpine - 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"
ultramontane
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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What he most wishes is to be lifted to some higher platform, that he may see beyond his present fear the transalpine good, so that his fear, his coldness, his custom may be broken up like fragments of ice, melted and carried away in the great stream of good will.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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