About The Word Tramontane
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Tramontane
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What's The Definition Of Tramontane?
[n] a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
[adj] on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); "the transmontane section of the state"; "tramontane winds" [adj] being or coming from another country; "tramontane influences" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tramontane: foreign | tramontana | transalpine | transmontane | ultramontane Related Terms | Find terms related to Tramontane: See Also | boreas | north wind | norther Tramontane In Webster's Dictionary \Tra*mon"tane\, a. [OF. tramontain, It. tramontano,
L. transmontanus; trans across, beyond + mons, montis,
mountain.]
Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other
side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.
Note: The Italians sometimes use this epithet for
ultramontane, and apply it to the countries north of
the Alps, as France and Germany, and especially to
their ecclesiastics, jurists, painters, etc.; and a
north wind is called a tramontane wind. The French
lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane, or
ultramontane, doctors; considering them as favoring too
much the court of Rome. See {Ultramontane}.
\Tra*mon"tane\, n. One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger. |
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