tramontane
/trəˈmɒnteɪn
/adjective rare
Relating to or living on the other side of mountains, especially the Alps as seen from Italy.
noun
1 another term for tramontana.In France, 2,741 acres of woodland near Perpignan were reduced to ashes in a blaze fanned by a tramontane wind gusting up to 80 mph....
- Wind is common throughout the growing season, with the tramontane bringing cool air from the mountains.
- The weather is fine over the entire Mediterranean coast, but the tramontane is blowing over the coast of Languedoc.
2 archaic A person who lives on the other side of mountains (used especially by Italians to refer to people beyond the Alps).As the tramontanes infiltrate the Appalachians, they often remark of the beauty of the far ranges and mists.
Origin
Middle English (as a noun denoting the Pole Star): from Italian tramontana 'Pole Star, north wind', tramontani 'people living beyond the Alps', from Latin transmontanus 'beyond the mountains', from trans- 'across' + mons, mont- 'mountain'.