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Tramontane

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Noun

1. tramontana, tramontane

a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean

Adjective

2. tramontane, transmontane

on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)

Example Sentences:
'the transmontane section of the state'
'tramontane winds'

3. tramontane

being or coming from another country

Example Sentences:
'tramontane influences'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tramontane

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adjective also: transmontane
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

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Tramontane

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adjective
1. 
located beyond or coming from beyond the mountains, specif. the Alps (from the viewpoint of Italy)
noun
2. 
a tramontane person
3. 
a foreigner; stranger

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tramontane

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adj.
1. Dwelling beyond or coming from the far side of the mountains, especially the Alps as viewed from Italy.
2. From another country; foreign.
n.
1. A person who lives beyond the mountains.
2. A foreigner; a stranger.
3. A cold north wind in Italy.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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