Tramontana (disambiguation)
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Tramontana or Tramontane can refer to:
- TramontaneTramontaneTramontane 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 , "beyond the mountains/across the mountains", referring to the alps in...
also Tramontana or Tramuntana, the name given to the north wind in the Western Mediterranean area. - Serra de TramuntanaSerra de TramuntanaThe Serra de Tramuntana is a mountain range running southwest-northeast which forms the northern backbone of the Spanish island of Majorca. It is also the name given to the comarca of the same area...
, a small mountain chain in Majorca. - 35725 Tramuntana35725 Tramuntana35725 Tramuntana is an asteroid discovered the 27 March 1999 by Àngel López and Rafael Pacheco at the Observatori Astronómic de Mallorca . It is named after the Serra de Tramuntana, the principal mountain chain of the island. Tramuntana is also the name given to the north wind in the Western...
, the name of an asteroidAsteroidAsteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
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