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adj
Residing in or coming from the far side of a mountain range, especially from north of the Alps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: transmontane, transalpine
Antonyms: cismontane, cisalpine
adj
Foreign.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, broadly
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
One living beyond the mountains; a foreigner; a stranger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Alternative form of tramontana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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adjective
on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: transmontane
Antonyms: cismontane
adjective satellite
being or coming from another country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tramontana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: north wind, northerly, norther, boreas
History
From Old French tramontane, from Italian tramontana.
