Piedmont

[ peed-mont ]

noun

1. a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
2. Italian Piemonte. a region in NW Italy. 4,540,822; 11,335 sq. mi. (29,360 sq. km).
3. a city in W California, near Oakland.
4. (lowercase) a district lying along or near the foot of a mountain range.

adjective

1. (lowercase) lying along or near the foot of a mountain range.

piedmont

¹

/ ˈpiːdmɒnt /

adjective

1. prenominal (of glaciers, plains, etc) formed or situated at the foot of a mountain or mountain range

Piedmont

²

/ ˈpiːdmɒnt /

noun

1. a region of NW Italy: consists of the upper Po Valley; mainly agricultural. Chief town: Turin. Pop: 4 231 334 (2003 est). Area: 25 399 sq km (9807 sq miles) Italian namePiemonte
2. a low plateau of the eastern US, between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains

piedmont

/ pēd′mŏnt′ /

1. An area of land, glacier, or other feature formed or lying at the foot of a mountain or mountain range.

Piedmont

1. The plateau region of the eastern United States extending from New York to Alabama between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain. Also a historical region of northwest Italy bound by the Swiss and French Alps. More broadly, any region of foothills.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Piedmont¹

From the Italian word Piemonte literally, foothill

Word History and Origins

Origin of Piedmont¹

from Italian piémonte mountain foot

Example Sentences

They were the “gentlemen farmers” of Virginia’s Piedmont region.

From ProPublica

Then over to Italy for two reds — a natural nero d’avola from Sicily and an obscure red grape from up north in Piedmont.

From Washington Post

Here’s another huzzah for delicious, cheap wine in the environmentally friendly box format — in this case, a tasty barbera from Piedmont in northern Italy that wants to be your “house red.”

From Washington Post

It contains no fewer than five recipes for minestra maritata, each from a different region in Italy, from Piedmont to Puglia.

From Washington Post

Born in Laurens, S.C., in 1896, Davis grew up playing on the streets of towns and cities across the Piedmont South.

From The Daily Beast

Boyd is tall and thickly muscled and speaks softly in a Piedmont drawl.

From The Daily Beast

Lady, who owned a multi-million dollar villa in Piedmont, had planned on retiring in Italy.

From The Daily Beast

Much like the Landon debacle, media coverage of Piedmont has primarily focused on the “unknowing” girls who were targeted.

From The Daily Beast

The alliance with France against Austria had gained Piedmont the Italian peninsula.

From The Daily Beast

Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.

From Project Gutenberg

The Potato is planted very sparingly south of Piedmont, and not so commonly there as in Savoy.

From Project Gutenberg

Piedmont alone vies with her, and is improving far more rapidly, but Lombardy has great natural capacities peculiarly her own.

From Project Gutenberg

The Piedmont also has a great variety of rocks, including granite and soapstone which are currently commercially important.

From Project Gutenberg

The greatest ranges of temperature occur in the Piedmont and in the Great Valley.

From Project Gutenberg