tramuntana

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Etymology

From tramuntà (“transmontane”). The Pyrenees extend to the north of most of the Catalan-speaking area.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tramuntana

  1. feminine singular of tramuntà

Noun

tramuntana f (plural tramuntanes)

  1. north
  2. north wind

Further reading

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian tramuntana (“north wind; north”), from Latin transmontanus (“beyond the mountains”). The use for a north wind is found in several Romance languages; it seems not quite clear what mountains it originally referred to.

Pronunciation

Noun

tramuntana f

  1. north
    Synonym: (archaic) xmiel

Coordinate terms

  • (compass points) punti tal-kumpass;
majjistral tramuntana
(xmiel) 		grigal
punent
(għarb) 		lvant
(xerq)
lbiċ nofsinhar
(qibla) 		xlokk
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