The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tramontana \Tra`mon*ta"na\, n. [It. See Tramontane.] (Meteor.) A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tramontana n 1: a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean [syn: tramontane, tramontana]