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Tramontane

Tramontane Meaning & Definition
Tramontane Definition And Meaning

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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