tramontana

[ trah-muhn-tah-nuh, -tan-uh; Italian trah-mawn-tah-nah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural tra·mon·ta·nas, Italian tra·mon·ta·ne [t, r, ah-mawn-, tah, -ne].

a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean.
any north wind issuing from a mountainous region.

1605–15; < Italian, noun use of feminine of tramontano tramontane

Exotic plants grow and flourish, sheltered from the bitter tramontana wind.

Generally, however, the Tramontana brings bright settled weather.

Stepping warily over the crazy floors of these vast rooms, one does not envy Taglioni when the Tramontana blew.

Again a beautiful tramontana sprang up, and in a vessel of first-rate sailing powers, would almost have brought us in.

Probably a sudden call from the tramontana brought it; even frost we had.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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