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39. 'Cisalpine' and 'transalpine' date from the 16th century in English

Mon Jun 20, 2022, 07:13 PM

Jun 2022

And in Latin, from, well, Roman times - "Cisalpine Gaul" being "Gallia Cisalpina", the area inhabited by Gauls on the same side of the Alps as the Romans (ie the Po Valley, basically), while "Transalpine Gaul" - "Gaul across the Alps" - was what is now France.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cisalpine
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/transalpine

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