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English
Etymology
From Italian tramontana.
Noun
tramontana (plural tramontanas)
- (weather) A dry, cold north wind in Italy and adjacent Mediterranean areas.
Translations
north wind of the Mediterranean
See also
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tra.monˈta.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: tra‧mon‧tà‧na
Etymology 1
Substantivised feminine form of the adjective tramontano (“beyond the mountains”).
Noun
tramontana f (plural tramontane)
- (weather) tramontana (a northern wind)
- (by extension) North
Etymology 2
Adjective
tramontana f sg
- feminine singular of tramontano
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Italian tramontana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tramǒntaːna/
- Hyphenation: tra‧mon‧ta‧na
Noun
tramòntāna f (Cyrillic spelling трамо̀нта̄на)
- tramontana
Declension
References
- “tramontana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Spanish
Noun
tramontana f (plural tramontanas)
- tramontana (north wind)
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