Synonyms: tramontana, tramontane
Definition: a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
Similar words: north wind, norther, northerly, boreas
Definition: a wind that blows from the north
Synonyms: tramontane, transmontane
Definition: on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
Usage: the transmontane section of the state; tramontane winds
Similar words: transalpine, ultramontane
Definition: on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)
Usage: ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium; Cracow was a transalpine university
Synonyms: tramontane
Definition: being or coming from another country
Usage: tramontane influences
Similar words: strange, foreign
Definition: relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
Usage: foreign nations; a foreign accent; on business in a foreign city