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tramontane
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tra·mon·tane  (tr-mntn, trmn-tn)
adj.
1. Dwelling beyond or coming from the far side of the mountains, especially the Alps as viewed from Italy.
2. From another country; foreign.
n.
1. A person who lives beyond the mountains.
2. A foreigner; a stranger.
3. A cold north wind in Italy.

[Italian tramontano, from Latin trnsmontnus : trns-, trans- + montnus, of a mountain; see mountain.]

tramontane
1. a person who lives beyond the mountains.
2. a foreigner or stranger. — tramontane, adj.
See also: Foreigners
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tramontanetramontane - a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
boreas, north wind, norther, northerly - a wind that blows from the north
Adj.1.tramontanetramontane - on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); "the transmontane section of the state"; "tramontane winds"
cismontane - on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains; "a contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people"
2.tramontanetramontane - being or coming from another country; "tramontane influences"
foreign, strange - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"

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