The Italians too by the early Middle Ages had combined their wind names into a sixteen-point system (possibly of Etruscan origin), using, for example, Maestro - Tramontana (literally north-west-north) for north-north-west and Greco - Tramontane (literally north-east-north) for north-north-east.
AmaItali nawo ngexesha lombindi wakuqala adibanisa amagama omoya wabo kwipoyinti ezilishumi elinesithandathu (kungenzeka yayivela eEtruscan), esebenzisa, umzekelo, Maestro-Tramontana (ingumntla-ntshona-mntla) yomntla-mntla-ntshona neGreco-Tromontane (yayi ngumntla-mpuma-mntla) ngomntla-mntla-mpuma.