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piedmont

adjective

at the base of a mountain or mountains: a piedmont stream

noun

a piedmont area, plain, etc.

  1. hilly upland region of the E U.S., between the Atlantic coastal plain & the Appalachians, stretching from SE N.Y. to central Ala.
  2. region of NW Italy, on the Swiss & French borders: 9,807 sq mi (25,400 sq km); pop. 4,303,000; chief city, Turin
    It. name Piemonte

See piedmont in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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