tramontane
Cold northern wind
Tramontane describes something from beyond the mountains—specifically, from the perspective of Italy, lying north of the Alps.
The word carries connotations of foreignness, barbarism, or cold northern origins.
A tramontane wind blows from the north.
As a noun, a tramontane is a foreigner or outsider, someone from that distant, colder world: The locals regarded the tramontane visitors with suspicion.
Cold Provençal northwester
- boraCold Adriatic gale
- siroccoScorching African wind
- foehnWarm downslope wind
- chinookWarm downslope Rocky wind
gale · northerly · blast · squall · gust · breeze · draft · airflow
One excluded from group
- strangerPerson not yet known
- foreignerNon-native person
- barbarianUncivilized, crude person
- outlanderPerson from another region
alien · exotic · unfamiliar · beyond · distant · remote · unknown · otherworldly
European mountain system
- peakUtmost height attained
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- passMove beyond or decline
col · massif · sierra · cordillera · escarpment · crag · pinnacle · cliff
Of extreme latitudes
- borealOf northern regions
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
- NordicOf northern Europe
- hyperboreanOf extreme northern regions
north star · Polaris · aurora · compass · latitude · hemisphere · meridian · tundra
mistral
Cold Provençal northwester
chinook · gale · northerly · blast · squall · gust · breeze · draft · airflow · current
outsider
One excluded from group
outlander · alien · exotic · unfamiliar · beyond · distant · remote · unknown · otherworldly · transalpine
Alps
European mountain system
pass · col · massif · sierra · cordillera · escarpment · crag · pinnacle · cliff · highland
polar
Of extreme latitudes
hyperborean · north star · Polaris · aurora · compass · latitude · hemisphere · meridian · tundra · taiga