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piedmont

piedmont definition

pied·mont (pēd′mänt′)

adjective

at the base of a mountain or mountains a piedmont stream

Etymology: after Piedmont, Italy < L Pedimontium < pes (gen. pedis), foot + mons (gen. montis), mount

noun

a piedmont area, plain, etc.

Piedmont definition

Pied·mont (pēd′mänt′)

hilly upland region of the E U.S., between the Atlantic coastal plain & the Appalachians, stretching from SE N.Y. to central Ala.
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 Pie·mon′te (pye mō̂n′te)

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