tramuntana

== Catalan == === Etymology === From tramuntà (“transmontane”). The Pyrenees extend to the north of most of the Catalan-speaking area. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾə.munˈta.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [tɾa.munˈta.na] === Adjective === tramuntana feminine singular of tramuntà === Noun === tramuntana f (plural tramuntanes) north (meteorology) tramontana (cold north wind from the Gulf of Lion) ==== Related terms ==== tramuntar === Further reading === “tramuntana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == 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 === IPA(key): /tra.munˈtaː.na/ Rhymes: -aːna === Noun === tramuntana f north Synonym: (archaic) xmiel ==== Coordinate terms ==== compass points: punti tal-kumpass: [edit]