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tramontana

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

noun

plural

tramontanas 
,

plural

tramontane .
  1. a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean.

  2. any north wind issuing from a mountainous region.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of tramontana1

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

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The glow of the west was on his pure young face, and the wind of the tramontana raised his waved hair and blew it lightly across his forehead.

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

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The howling mistral or tramontana makes the doors bang, the reeds scream, and a range of noises that make the great, natural clamour all around.

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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.

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The weather has cleared; slight tramontana, pure sky, with white storm- or snow-clouds collected like rolled-up curtains, everywhere on the horizon.

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