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Meaning of CISALPINE

Pronunciation:  sis'alpIn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"
 
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 Synonyms: cismontane, ultramontane
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cis*al"pine\, a. [L. Cisalpinus; cis on this side +
Alpinus Alpine.]
On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that
is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.
 
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