Tramontane

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  • adjective. Dwelling beyond or coming from the far side of the mountains, especially the Alps as viewed from Italy.
  • adjective. From another country; foreign.
  • noun. A person who lives beyond the mountains.
  • noun. A foreigner; a stranger.
  • noun. A cold north wind in Italy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being or situated beyond the mountains—that is, the Alps: originally used by the Italians; hence, foreign; barbarous: then applied to the Italians as being beyond the mountains from Germany, France, etc. See ultramontane.
  • Coming from the other side of the mountains: as, tramontane wind.
  • noun. One who lives beyond the mountains; hence, a stranger; a barbarian. See I.
  • noun. The north wind. See tramontana.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.
  • adjective. Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. From the far side of the mountains (especially from North of the Alps)
  • adjective. foreign
  • adjective. a classical name for the north wind
  • noun. One living beyond the mountains; a foreigner; a stranger.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
  • adjective. on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
  • adjective. being or coming from another country
  • Word Usage
    "Parting from thence, they sailed away with a tramontane or northerly wind, passing by Meden, by Uti, by Uden, by Gelasim, by the Isles of the"
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