—adj.
1 situated or living on the other side of mountains, esp. the Alps as seen from Italy.
2 (from the Italian point of view) foreign; barbarous.
—n.
1 a tramontane person.
2 = TRAMONTANA.
Etymology: ME f. It. tramontano f. L transmontanus beyond the mountains (as TRANS-, mons montis mountain)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.