tramontane
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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.
- 2 archaic a tramontane person.
– origin ME (as a noun denoting the Pole Star): from Ital. tramontana ‘Pole Star, north wind’, tramontani ‘people living beyond the Alps’, from L. transmontanus ‘beyond the mountains’.
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