21-659: [REDACTED] Look up tramontana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tramontana , Tramontane , or Tramuntana may refer to: Tramontana [ edit ] "Tramontana", a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, in Strange Pilgrims Tramontana (sports car) , a Spanish sports car firm Sebi Tramontana (born 1960), jazz trombonist most often associated with avant-garde jazz and free improvisation music Spanish submarine Tramontana (S74),
42-630: A compass. In Italy it is called tramontana [tramonˈtaːna] . It is a northeasterly or northerly winter wind that blows from the Alps and Apennines (South of the Alps) to the Italian coast. It is very prevalent on the west coast of Italy and Northern Corsica . It is caused by a weather system from the west following a depression on the Mediterranean, due to the minimum baric level in
63-468: A science fiction novel by Emil Petaja Tramuntana [ edit ] Serra de Tramuntana , a small mountain chain in Majorca 35725 Tramuntana , the name of an asteroid Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tramontana . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
84-413: A science fiction novel by Emil Petaja Tramuntana [ edit ] Serra de Tramuntana , a small mountain chain in Majorca 35725 Tramuntana , the name of an asteroid Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tramontana . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
105-558: A submarine of the Spanish Navy Tramontane [ edit ] Tramontane , a northern wind ( tramontana in Italian and tramuntana in Catalan) "Tramontane", an instrumental by the rock group Foreigner, from their album Double Vision (Foreigner album) ; served as the "B" side to their single "Hot Blooded" Tramontane (film) , a 2016 Lebanese drama film The Pole star , a visible star Tramontane ,
126-427: A submarine of the Spanish Navy Tramontane [ edit ] Tramontane , a northern wind ( tramontana in Italian and tramuntana in Catalan) "Tramontane", an instrumental by the rock group Foreigner, from their album Double Vision (Foreigner album) ; served as the "B" side to their single "Hot Blooded" Tramontane (film) , a 2016 Lebanese drama film The Pole star , a visible star Tramontane ,
147-549: Is a classical name for a northern wind. The exact form of the name and precise direction varies from country to country. The word came to English from Italian tramontana , which developed from Latin trānsmontānus ( trāns- + montānus ), "beyond/across the mountains", referring to the Alps in the North of Italy . The word has other non-wind-related senses: it can refer to anything that comes from, or anyone who lives on,
168-588: Is activated following the invortication of the perturbations coming from the west (or even south-west or north-west) on the Ligurian Sea; for this reason a proverb in the Ligurian language states: "tramuntann-a scüa, ægua següa" ("dark north wind, sure rain"). In Italy the expression on board, " to lose the Tramontane " ( perdere la tramontana ), which meant losing one's orientation, then has passed into
189-640: Is funnelled between the Pyrenees and the Massif Central. According to French sources, the name was used in its present form at the end of the 13th century by Marco Polo , in 1298. It was borrowed from the Latin transmontanus and the Italian tramontana , meaning not just "across the mountains" but also "the North Star " (literally the star "above the mountains"), since the Alps marked the north for
210-637: Is less gusty. The tramontane [tʁa.mɔ̃.tan] in France is a strong, dry cold wind from the north (on the Mediterranean) or from the northwest (in lower Languedoc , Roussillon, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands ). It is similar to the mistral in its causes and effects, but it follows a different corridor; the tramontane accelerates as it passes between the Pyrenees and
231-534: Is prevalent in the northern Mediterranean coast ( Catalonia , Mallorca , Menorca ) and can be so strong as to be disturbing; there is a saying in Catalan culture (specially in Empordà ) that refers to a person as «touched by tramuntana» ( tocat per la tramuntana ) when they behave oddly or seemly lost their marbles. Salvador Dalí was often referred to as someone tocat per la tramuntana in his native Empordà . On
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#1732787187733252-552: The Croatian Adriatic coast it is called tramontana (pronounced tramòntāna , [tramǒntaːna] in Dalmatia ), with a number of local variations ( termuntana , trmuntana , t(a)rmuntona and others). Like levant , it is considered a transitional wind, associated with the change of weather, which frequently transforms into bora . Like bora, it is a strong wind capable of generating large waves, but
273-575: The Italic people . The French term tresmontaine , cited as early as 1209 and still used in the 15th century, was borrowed directly from the Latin. The word moved from Latin into French with the meanings "North Star" and also "the guide". In 1636 the French expression " perdre la tramontane " meant "to be disorientated." The continuous howling noise of the tramontane is said to have a disturbing effect upon
294-648: The Massif Central , while the mistral flows down the Rhone Valley between the Alps and the Massif Central. The tramontane is created by the difference of pressure between the cold air of a high pressure system over the Atlantic Ocean or northwest Europe and a low pressure system over the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean. The high-pressure air flows south, gathering speed as it moves downhill and
315-516: The Ligurian Sea between Genoa and Corsica, which recalls strong winds. It is strongest before sunrise, when it can reach speeds of 70 km/h (45 mph). It is a fresh wind of the fine weather mistral type. A clear sky can occur, or a cloudy sky and precipitation when associated with a perturbed system. This last case is called in Liguria "dark Tramontane" ( Tramontana Scura ), which in Liguria
336-540: The common language with the same metaphorical meaning. In Slovenia a word tramontana [tɾamɔnˈtáːna] is used for a strong northerly, often hurricane -force wind that blows from the Alps to the Venice bay over Trieste , Slovenian coast and Istria with gusts sometimes as high as 200 km/h (usually 80 km/h). It has a transitional nature (from 2 to 4 hours in Koper bay) and it often quickly turns to
357-425: The free dictionary. Tramontana , Tramontane , or Tramuntana may refer to: Tramontana [ edit ] "Tramontana", a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, in Strange Pilgrims Tramontana (sports car) , a Spanish sports car firm Sebi Tramontana (born 1960), jazz trombonist most often associated with avant-garde jazz and free improvisation music Spanish submarine Tramontana (S74),
378-427: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tramontana&oldid=1153511390 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages tramontana [REDACTED] Look up tramontana in Wiktionary,
399-406: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tramontana&oldid=1153511390 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tramontane Tramontane ( / t r ə ˈ m ɒ n t eɪ n / trə- MON -tayn )
420-613: The other side of mountains, or even more generally, anything seen as foreign, strange, or even barbarous. In Spain the wind is called the tramuntana [tɾəmunˈtanə] or [tɾamunˈtana] in Catalan and tramontana [tɾamonˈtana] in Spanish , Galician and Basque . The wind also lends its name to the Serra de Tramuntana in Mallorca . The wind
441-417: The psyche. In his poem "Gastibelza", Victor Hugo has the main character say, " Le vent qui vient à travers la montagne me rendra fou ..." (The wind coming over the mountain will drive me mad...) In Greece , tramountána ( Greek : Τραμουντάνα ) [tramuˈdana] is used as a nautical term to define not only the northern wind, but also the northern direction and even the cardinal point of north on
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