a. (Also with hyphen) [f. TRANS- 7 + Leitha, name of a river.] Beyond the Leitha, a tributary of the Danube, which forms for a short distance the boundary between Hungary and the archduchy of Austria; hence, Magyar or Hungarian, as distinguished from the cis-Leithan provinces of the Austro-Hungarian empire. So Transleithanian a.
1867. Daily News, 5 Feb., 4/3. The amendment proposes the conclusion of treaties between Hungary and the Trans-Leithan provinces, with the view of assimilating the regulations in force with regard to trade, customs, railways, indirect taxes, and currency throughout the empire.
1870. Gladstone, Glean., IV. v. 201. [Hungary] has attracted to herself the Transleithan Slav population of the South.
1900. Westm. Gaz., 5 Jan., 1/3. A sort of tacit understanding that permeates almost all classes of Transleithanian society.
