tramontane
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.
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.
Origin of tramontane
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How to use tramontane in a sentence
One sort is that which people carry into those (tramontane) countries.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of HindustanThe blue sky became overcast, and a strong tramontane, as the north wind is there called, was blowing.
Three Months Abroad | Anna VivantiThe people there said they never remembered such a tramontane (north-wind) except in December or January.
Three Months Abroad | Anna VivantiThe original tower fell two centuries ago during an extra violent blow of the tramontane.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces | Francis MiltounSpotswood instituted the tramontane Order for this purpose; but it appears to have soon fallen through.
History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia | Charles Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for tramontane
/ (trəˈmɒnteɪn) /
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
an inhabitant of a tramontane country
Also called: tramontana a cold dry wind blowing south or southwest from the mountains in Italy and the W Mediterranean
rare a foreigner or barbarian
Origin of tramontane
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