tramuntana
Catalan
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Etymology
[edit]From tramuntà (“transmontane”). The Pyrenees extend to the north of most of the Catalan-speaking area.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾə.munˈta.nə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [tɾa.munˈta.na]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Adjective
[edit]tramuntana
Noun
[edit]tramuntana f (plural tramuntanes)
- north
- (meteorology) tramontana (cold north wind from the Gulf of Lion)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]tramuntana f
Coordinate terms
[edit]compass points: punti tal-kumpass: [edit]
| majjistral | tramuntana (xmiel) |
grigal |
| punent (għarb) |
|
lvant (xerq) |
| lbiċ | nofsinhar (qibla) |
xlokk |
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