Tramontane (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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
  1. 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.
  2. a foreigner; outlander; barbarian.
  3. a violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France.
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
  1. an inhabitant of a tramontane country
  2. a cold dry wind blowing south or southwest from the mountains in Italy and the W Mediterranean
  3. a foreigner or barbarian
Tramontane (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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