Piemonte

Variant of 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.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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