tramuntana
Catalan
Etymology
From tramuntà (“transmontane”). The Pyrenees extend to the north of most of the Catalan-speaking area.
Related terms
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/
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