tramontana

[ trah-muhn-tah-nuh, -tan-uh; Italian trah-mawn-tah-nah ]

noun,plural tra·mon·ta·nas, Italian tra·mon·ta·ne

[trah-mawn-tah-ne]. /ˌtrɑ mɔnˈtɑ nɛ/.

a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean.
any north wind issuing from a mountainous region.

Origin of tramontana

1605–15; <Italian, noun use of feminine of tramontanotramontane

Exotic plants grow and flourish, sheltered from the bitter tramontana wind.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe Collins
Generally, however, the tramontana brings bright settled weather.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography | Louis Spohr
Stepping warily over the crazy floors of these vast rooms, one does not envy Taglioni when the tramontana blew.
A Wanderer in Venice | E.V. Lucas
Again a beautiful tramontana sprang up, and in a vessel of first-rate sailing powers, would almost have brought us in.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 | Various
Probably a sudden call from the tramontana brought it; even frost we had.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II | Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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