tramontana

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

noun

, plural tra·mon·ta·nas, Italian tra·mon·ta·ne [t, r, ah-mawn-, tah, -ne].

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tramontana¹

1605–15; < Italian, noun use of feminine of tramontano tramontane

Example Sentences

Exotic plants grow and flourish, sheltered from the bitter tramontana wind.

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Generally, however, the Tramontana brings bright settled weather.

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Stepping warily over the crazy floors of these vast rooms, one does not envy Taglioni when the Tramontana blew.

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Again a beautiful tramontana sprang up, and in a vessel of first-rate sailing powers, would almost have brought us in.

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Probably a sudden call from the tramontana brought it; even frost we had.

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