a province of Portugal, called in Latin Transmontana, because situated on the east side of a chain of hills that separate it from Entre Duero-e-Minho. It is bounded on the north by Galicia; on the south by the provinces of Beira and Leon; by the last of which it is bounded also to the east. Its length from north to south is upwards of 120 miles, and its breadth about 80. It is full of mountains, and produces little corn, but plenty of wine, fruits of several sorts, and abundance of game.