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

V'è tra le terre d'ostro e quelle di tramontana la distantia di trenta leghe in circa, e più di dugento braccia di fondo.

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George

We are all well, though it is much too cold for me—a horrible tramontana which would create a cough under the ribs of death, and sets me coughing a little in the morning.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

We go on my account to avoid the tramontana here.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

The rain came down in bucketsful, which the tramontana then obligingly threw in your face….

From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse

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