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Adjective: tramontane  tru'món,teyn
  1. On or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
    "tramontane winds";
    - transmontane
     
  2. Being or coming from another country
    "tramontane influences"
Noun: tramontane  tru'món,teyn
  1. A cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
    - tramontana

Derived forms: tramontanes

See also: foreign, strange, transalpine, ultramontane

Type of: boreas, north wind, norther, northerly

Antonym: cismontane

Encyclopedia: Tramontane