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): (Valencian) [tɾa.munˈta.na]

Adjective

tramuntana

1. feminine singular of tramuntà

Noun

tramuntana f (plural tramuntanes)

1. north
2. north wind

Related terms

• tramuntar

Further reading

• “tramuntana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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/

Noun

tramuntana f

1. north

   Synonym: (archaic) xmiel

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) punti tal-kumpass;

majjistral	tramuntana (xmiel)	grigal
punent (għarb)		lvant (xerq)
lbiċ	nofsinhar (qibla)	xlokk