tramontane

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noun a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
adjective on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
adjective being or coming from another country

From Old French tramontane, from Italian tramontana.

Parting from thence, they sailed away with a tramontane or northerly wind, passing by Meden, by Uti, by Uden, by Gelasim, by the Isles of the Fairies, and alongst the kingdom of Achorie, till at last they arrived at the port of Utopia, distant from the city of the Amaurots three leagues and somewhat more. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
At length Jones made a full stop, and turning about, cries, “Who knows, Partridge, but the loveliest creature in the universe may have her eyes now fixed on that very moon which I behold at this instant?” “Very likely, sir,” answered Partridge; “and if my eyes were fixed on a good surloin of roast beef, the devil might take the moon and her horns into the bargain.” “Did ever Tramontane make such an answer?” cries Jones. — History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Henry Fielding

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