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TRAMONTANE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
Synonyms:
tramontana; tramontane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("tramontane" is a kind of...):
boreas; north wind; norther; northerly (a wind that blows from the north)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
On or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
Example:
tramontane winds
Synonyms:
tramontane; transmontane
Classified under:
Similar:
transalpine; ultramontane (on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps))
Antonym:
cismontane (on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being or coming from another country
Example:
tramontane influences
Classified under:
Similar:
foreign; strange (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world)
