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tramontana
[ trah-muhn-tah-nuh, -tan-uh; Italian trah-mawn-tah-nah ]
/ ˌtrɑ mənˈtɑ nə, -ˈtæn ə; Italian ˌtrɑ mɔnˈtɑ nɑ /
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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.
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Origin of tramontana
1605–15; <Italian, noun use of feminine of tramontanotramontane
Words nearby tramontana
TRAM flap, tramline, trammel, trammel net, trammie, tramontana, tramontane, tramp, tramp art, tramp board, trampboarding
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