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tramontane
[ truh-mon-teyn, tram-uhn-teyn ]
adjective
- being or situated beyond the mountains.
- beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine.
- of, relating to, or coming from the other side of the mountains.
- foreign; barbarous.
noun
- 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.
- a foreigner; outlander; barbarian.
- a violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France.
tramontane
/ trəˈmɒnteɪn /
adjective
- being or coming from the far side of the mountains, esp from the other side of the Alps as seen from Italy
- foreign or barbarous
- (of a wind) blowing down from the mountains
noun
- an inhabitant of a tramontane country
- Also calledtramontana a cold dry wind blowing south or southwest from the mountains in Italy and the W Mediterranean
- rare.a foreigner or barbarian
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tramontane1
1300–50 for an earlier sense; 1585–95 tramontane fordef 5; Middle English tramountayne pole star < Italian tramontano < Latin trānsmontānus beyond the mountains. See trans-, mount 2, -an
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tramontane1
C16: from Italian tramontano , from Latin trānsmontānus , from trans- + montānus , from mōns mountain
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Example Sentences
One sort is that which people carry into those (Tramontane) countries.
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The blue sky became overcast, and a strong tramontane, as the north wind is there called, was blowing.
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The people there said they never remembered such a Tramontane (north-wind) except in December or January.
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The original tower fell two centuries ago during an extra violent blow of the tramontane.
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Spotswood instituted the Tramontane Order for this purpose; but it appears to have soon fallen through.
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