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Meanings of tramontane in English

Catalan
tramuntà

On or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)

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tramuntà
Catalan
tramuntana
Spanish
tramontana

A cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean.

tramuntana

Tramontane.

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Usage of tramontane in English
1
You have brought with you tramontane creatures whose presence is an affront to the unsullied Earth.
Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
2
You will surrender the tramontane conveyances to us.
Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
3
Nay, even countries as presumptuously disdainful of tramontane literature as Italy took an interest in this memorable undertaking.
Biographical Essays
4
When I found myself in the streets, I scarcely could believe that I was in Italy, for everything had a tramontane appearance.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
5
Colonel Robertson, Captain Clonder, Captain Brooke, Mr. Haward, Mr. Beverley, Dr. Robinson, Mr. Fontaine, Mr. Todd, Mr. Mason,-allof the Tramontane Order.
Audrey
6
"What the hell is a tramontane?"
Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
7
"Yes, Paganel, it is the north wind-a wind which causes many a crime in the Pampas, as the TRAMONTANE does in the Campagna of Rome."
In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
Translations for tramontane
Spanish
tramontana
Tramontane through the time