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tramontana

tra·mon·ta·na [ tr mawn tnə ] (plural tra·mon·ta·nas)


noun 
Definition:
 
wind from mountains: a cold dry wind that blows down from mountains, especially a north wind that blows into Italy from the Alps

[Late 18th century. Via Italian, "north wind" < Latin transmontanus "beyond the mountains" < trans- "across, over" + mont- "mountain"]
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