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cisalpine

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9 lettersPronunciation /sɪsˈælpaɪn/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aceiilnpsStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps

Word origin

The adjective is derived from cisalpine (“on this side of the Alps (chiefly the south side where Rome is located)”). Adjective sense 2 (“of or pertaining to cisalpinism”) was popularized by the Cisalpine Club which was founded in England in 1792.

Used in a sentence

  • [T]he ſaid floud of Rubicon diſſeuereth the Galle Ciſalpine from Italie.
  • [A]n Entrenched Camp is forming under the direction of the French, in the Cisalpine Territory towards the Frontiers of His Imperial Majesty's new acquisitions; […]
  • Northern Italy was still excluded, being not called Italy, but Cisalpine Gaul. South of the Po distinctions of citizenship ceased to exist.

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