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Cisalpine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Relating to, living on, or coming from the southern side of the Alps.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. On this side of the Alps (with respect to Rome, therefore the south side).

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Situated on this side of the Alps, with regard to Rome—that is, on the south of the Alps: opposed to transalpine.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps

Word Usage

"A drummer with a gold-mounted elk's tooth dangling from his chain ogled her, so she sat very prim of back, gazing out over flying villages that were like white-pine toys cut in the cisalpine Alps and invitingly more clipped and groomed than the straggling Indiana towns of yesterday."

Equivalent

cismontane

Cross Reference

cisalpine republic transalpine Cisalpine Gaulish