Tramontane

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Dwelling beyond or coming from the far side of the mountains, especially the Alps as viewed from Italy.
  • adj. From another country; foreign.
  • n. A person who lives beyond the mountains.
  • n. A foreigner; a stranger.
  • n. A cold north wind in Italy.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. From the far side of the mountains (especially from North of the Alps)
  • adj. foreign
  • adj. a classical name for the north wind
  • n. One living beyond the mountains; a foreigner; a stranger.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.
  • n. One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being or situated beyond the mountains—that is, the Alps: originally used by the Italians; hence, foreign; barbarous: then applied to the Italians as being beyond the mountains from Germany, France, etc. See ultramontane.
  • Coming from the other side of the mountains: as, tramontane wind.
  • n. One who lives beyond the mountains; hence, a stranger; a barbarian. See I.
  • n. The north wind. See tramontana.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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)
  • adj. being or coming from another country
    • Equivalent
    transalpine    ultramontane    strange    foreign   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    north wind    Boreas    norther    northerly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    barbarous    stranger   
     
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