tra|mon|tane

tra|mon|tane
tra|mon|tane «truh MON tayn, TRAM uhn-», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. being or situated beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; having to do with the other side of the mountains.
2. (of the wind) coming across or from beyond the mountains, especially blowing over Italy from beyond the Alps.
3. = foreign. (Cf.foreign)
–n.
1. a person who lives beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps.
2. a foreigner.
3. any cold wind from a mountain range.
[< Italian tramontana north wind, polestar; in plural, foreigners < Latin trānsmontānus beyond the mountains < trāns- across + mōns, montis mountain]

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