tramontane

tramontane
[trəˈmɒnteɪn]
adjective
  1. (rare)travelling to, or situated or living on, the other side of mountains
    (罕)去(在,住在)山那边的
    ■(archaic)(especially from the Italian point of view) foreign; barbarous
    (古)(尤指意大利人所认为的)外国的;野蛮的
noun
  1. another term for tramontana
    同 tramontana
  2. (archaic)a person who lives on the other side of mountains (used in particular by Italians to refer to people beyond the Alps)
    (古)住在山那边的人(尤被意大利人用来指住在阿尔卑斯山外的人)
语源
  1. Middle English (as a noun denoting the Pole Star): from Italian tramontana 'Pole Star, north wind', tramontani 'people living beyond the Alps', from Latin transmontanus 'beyond the mountains', from trans- 'across' + mons, mont- 'mountain'
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