Tramontane
adjective, Also, transmontane.
1.
being or situated beyond the mountains.
2.
beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine.
3.
of, relating to, or coming from the other side of the mountains.
4.
foreign; barbarous.
noun
5.
a person who lives beyond the mountains: formerly applied by the Italians to the peoples beyond the Alps, and by the latter to the Italians.
6.
a foreigner; outlander; barbarian.
7.
a violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France.
noun, plural tramontanas Italian, tramontane
[trah-mawn-tah-ne] /ˌtrɑ mɔnˈtɑ nɛ/ (Show IPA)
1.
a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean.
2.
any north wind issuing from a mountainous region.
adjective
1.
being or coming from the far side of the mountains, esp from the other side of the Alps as seen from Italy
2.
foreign or barbarous
3.
(of a wind) blowing down from the mountains
noun
4.
an inhabitant of a tramontane country
5.
Also called tramontana. a cold dry wind blowing south or southwest from the mountains in Italy and the W Mediterranean
6.
(rare) a foreigner or barbarian
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