tramontana
Americannoun
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tramontanas,
plural
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tramontane
plural
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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.
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Etymology
Origin of tramontana
1605–15; < Italian, noun use of feminine of tramontano tramontane
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Probably a sudden call from the tramontana brought it; even frost we had.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
I have taken to ass's milk to counteract the tramontana, and he is in the twenty-first and I in the twenty-second volume of Alexandre Dumas's 'Memoirs.'
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
The tramontana visited it then as now, fever, too, and sudden death.
From Imperial Purple by Edgar Saltus
The tramontana, that keen wind which blows from over the snow mountains, was sweeping down the narrow streets, searching out every nook and corner with its icy breath.
From Knights of Art; stories of the Italian painters by Amy Steedman
The north wind is scarce at this time of the year, but a beautiful tramontana blew during the time we were working out of the Bocca.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
Perpignan's tramontane, a strong, cold wind that sweeps along the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean, kept the orchestra grabbing for their music, finally made them clip the sheets to the racks with clothespins.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the second night's concert, the tramontane brought an unseasonable downpour that soaked the motionless audience to the skin before the concert was called off.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tramontane concerns of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company were managed by two resident partners, Fitzpatrick and Bridger; those of the American Fur Company, by Vanderburgh and Dripps.
From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville
I have forgotten whether it was the mistral or the tramontane, and I do not think it matters.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine
Adj. extraneous, foreign, alien, ulterior; tramontane, ultramontane. excluded &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
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