ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TRAMONTANE
From Italian tramontano, from Latin trānsmontānus, from trans- + montānus, from mōns mountain.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAMONTANE»
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SCENE — An Author' i Garret Litherwit and Tramontane. Litherwit. Aha ! aha !
very good, very mad indeed, and an authentic description of celestial merry-
making. Olympian Orgie9 ! — ha ! ha ! a choice subject for the exercise of the
goosequill ...
John Scott, John Taylor,
1823
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Marco Polo's Le Devisement Du Monde: Narrative Voice, ...
The rare noun and adjective tramontane and tramontain ('north'), cognates of the
medieval Latin transmontanus, are Italianisms in Old and Middle French,
meaning primarily 'Pole Star' and 'north wind', and then, but only very
occasionally, ...
3
Struggle for the Middle Sea
At 0445 the French command ordered Tramontane to attack enemy forces
reported in Arzew Bay. She sailed up-channel conveying the orders to Typhon
and Tornade. They followed after some minutes, but in the thick smoke roiling up
from ...
4
Renewal of Life: Healing from the Holocaust
The French respect their winds; in fact they have identified several and given
them names, like Le Mistral or La Tramontane. Here we were afflicted by La
Tramontane. The walls at least protected us against its outright cold chill. Our
emaciating ...
5
Writing East: The "Travels" of Sir John Mandeville
Carefully dovetailed, they fall into four smaller parts defined by their main
concerns: tramontane (practical) ; tramontane and Antarctic (theoretical);
Antarctic (practical); tramontane and Antarctic (practical and theoretical). In the
first part, ...
Iain Macleod Higgins,
2011
Tramontane trailed her fingernails across Monte's chest as she stepped past him
into the hall. I followed her. The movement of her body under the dress deepened
my nausea. The silence behind me deepened my concern. She pushed open ...
7
The Adlard Coles Book of Mediterranean Cruising
Tramontane Cold dry wind blowing out of the Toulouse Gap into the Gulf of Lions
and Spain similar to the mistral. Vardarac A bora type wind in the Aegean,
especially the Gulf of Thessaloniki. Vendeval Westerly winds in the Straits of
Gibraltar; ...
8
Change of air, or, The philosophy of travelling; autumnal ...
If, thermometrically speaking, we say that the Summer heat of the Italian valleys
approaches the temperature of the tropics* — while the tramontane blast of
Winter depresses the mercury as much as a Caledonian North-easter — we
convey a ...
9
Will the Circle be Unbroken?: Family and Sectionalism in the ...
Similarly, the Tramontane Order is a brotherhood based upon the shared
experience of traveling west to the crest of the mountains. But it is not like the
Brothers of the Coast in Rob of the Bowl. On the contrary, the Tramontane Order
exists at ...
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Change of air, or the philosophy of travelling;: being ...
They are completely secured against the scorching beams of the sun, and the
chilling blast of the tramontane. I could not believe the extent of this immunity till I
drove out to the Pier, under the shelter of the houses, and exposed to a meridian
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAMONTANE»
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Choreographer Bill T. Jones Presents Analogy/Dora: Tramontane
Bill T. Jones (left) is an award-winning choreographer and just completed Analogy/Dora: Tramontane. Nazareth College Flickr Creative Commons ... «WUNC, Jul 15»
Lâg Tramontane Special Edition TSE701ACE Review
Not long ago we were celebrating with wonder the return of top-notch quality to the affordable acoustic guitar realm. But even in the slow-changing guitar world, ... «Premier Guitar, Jul 15»
A Holocaust Survivor's Story in Postmodern Dance
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, “Analogy/Dora: Tramontane,” with (left to right): Talli Jackson, Jenna Riegel, Antonio Brown, Rena Butler, and ... «Hyperallergic, Jun 15»
Review: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Summons a Life During Wartime
Those memories now find theatrical form in “Analogy/Dora: Tramontane,” which the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company debuted at the Alexander Kasser ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
HomeBill T. Jones's Slow Dance Through History
“Analogy/Dora: Tramontane,” as the new piece is called, is set amid a 20th-century Europe shattered by war and racism. Based on the memories of Amelan's ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Jun 15»
Défi Wind de Gruissan : les planches à voile affrontent la tramontane
Avec une tramontane à 100 km/h, le Défi Wind 2015 s'annonçait musclé. L'élite internationale de la planche à voile était néanmoins au rendez-vous, vendredi ... «Francetv info, May 15»
La divine et cruelle Tramontane !
Météo France et Windguru avaient vu juste, alors que débute le 1er briefing de ce Défi Wind 2015 à 13h pétantes, la Tramontane tant appréciée à Gruissan est ... «Windsurfjournal.com, May 15»
Perpignan : alerte préfectorale face à la forte tramontane
Les services de l'Etat dans les Pyrénées-Orientales recommandent la prudence face à des rafales de tramontane jusqu'à 120 km/h prévues ce vendredi 15 et ... «La Clau, May 15»
La Tramontane très attendue ce matin au Mondial du Vent
... journée était l'arrivée du waterman hawaïen Kaï Lenny qui va naviguer ce matin et peu-être profité du retour de la Tramontane si elle daigne enfin se montrer. «L'indépendant.fr, Apr 15»
Vent sur les P.-O., l'Aude et le Gard : prudence sur les routes et …
L a tramontane, "déjà très forte, voire violente par endroit" dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, "va encore forcir en cours de matinée jeudi". Elle souffle aussi sur ... «Midi Libre, Mar 15»