tramontana
Americannoun
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a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean.
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any north wind issuing from a mountainous region.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of tramontana
1605–15; < Italian, noun use of feminine of tramontano tramontane
Example Sentences
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The rain came down in bucketsful, which the tramontana then obligingly threw in your face….
From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse
But the climate of Rome was considered by Dr Gresonowsky more suitable for winter, and towards the close of November they took their departure, flying from the Florentine tramontana.
From Robert Browning by Dowden, Edward
He will not so much need them out-of-doors in a Genoese January, unless a tramontana is blowing, and there was none on our half-day.
From Roman Holidays, and Others by Howells, William Dean
We should all be ghosts, of course, but the more easily could the sun warm us through in spite of the tramontana.
From Roman Holidays, and Others by Howells, William Dean
At Perugia, last spring, through weeks of tramontana, how one yearned for the sight of yellow English primroses!
From Post-Prandial Philosophy by Allen, Grant
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