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Meaning of TRAMONTANA

Pronunciation:  `trâmân'tânu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
 
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 Synonyms: tramontane
 
 See Also: boreas, north wind, norther

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tra`mon*ta"na\, n. [It. See {Tramontane}.] (Meteor.)
A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic.
 

 

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