Cisalpine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cisalpine \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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cisalpine
       adj : on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine
             Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps" [syn:
              {ultramontane}]