tramontana

American  

[trah-muhn-tah-nuh, -tan-uh, trah-mawn-tah-nah] / ˌtrɑ mənˈtɑ nə, -ˈtæn ə, ˌtrɑ mɔnˈtɑ nɑ /

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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Etymology

Origin of tramontana

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

Example Sentences

Ista insula est tantum versus meridiem quod tramontana non videtur ibi nec parvum nec multum.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

A fresh tramontana was blowing, and made Katy glad to draw her shawl about her.

From What Katy Did Next by Coolidge, Susan

For one thing the hill was swathed in mists, it rained at intervals, a kind of bitter tramontana was blowing.

From A Tramp's Notebook by Roberts, Morley

Questa isola è tanto verso mezodi chel non se po veder la stella tramontana ne pocho ne assai.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

When the tramontana blew, he was comfortable enough.

From The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Stearns, Frank Preston