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piedmont
adjective
at the base of a mountain or mountains: a piedmont stream
noun
a piedmont area, plain, etc.
- 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, TurinIt. name Piemonte
See piedmont in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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