tramontane

noun

a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean

adjective

being or coming from another country

on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)

Roots

transtra- · Latin · across, beyond monsmontane- · Latin · mountain

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