rare relating to or living on the other side of mountains, especially the Alps as seen from Italy.
n.
another term for tramontana.
archaic a tramontane person.
Etymology
ME (as a noun denoting the Pole Star): from Ital. tramontana ‘Pole Star, north wind’, tramontani ‘people living beyond the Alps’, from L. transmontanus ‘beyond the mountains’.
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