/trah'meuhn tah"neuh, -tan"euh/ ; It. /trddah'mawn tah"nah/ , n. , pl. tramontanas , It. tramontane /-ne/ .
1. a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean.
2. any north wind issuing from a mountainous region.
[ 1605-15; tramontano TRAMONTANE ]