Piedmont

[peed-mont]

noun

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

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

adjective

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

Origin of Piedmont

From the Italian word Piemonte literally, foothill

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Contemporary Examples of piedmont

Born in Laurens, S.C., in 1896, Davis grew up playing on the streets of towns and cities across the Piedmont South.
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Boyd is tall and thickly muscled and speaks softly in a Piedmont drawl.
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Lady, who owned a multi-million dollar villa in Piedmont, had planned on retiring in Italy.
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Much like the Landon debacle, media coverage of Piedmont has primarily focused on the “unknowing” girls who were targeted.
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October 26, 2012
The law code of the Kingdom of Naples was abolished and replaced by the laws of Piedmont.
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March 17, 2012

Historical Examples of piedmont

They thought at first of marrying her to the Prince of Piedmont.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete
Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
Fourth, a town in Piedmont, once an ancient Roman settlement.
Harper's Young People, October 12, 1880
Various
Mr. Grady was one of the promoters of the Piedmont Exposition.
Watch Yourself Go By
Al. G. Field
The western half of this great valley is Piedmont; the eastern is Lombardy.
Glances at Europe
Horace Greeley
So with the whole country except Piedmont, and perhaps Genoa and Venice.
Glances at Europe
Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for piedmont

piedmont

adjective

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

Word Origin for piedmont

from Italian piémonte mountain foot

Piedmont

noun

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 name: Piemonte
a low plateau of the eastern US, between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains

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Word Origin and History for piedmont

name given to the fertile upland region along the eastern slope of the Appalachians, 1755, originally piemont, from Italian Piemonte, literally "mountain foot," name of the region at the foot of the Alps in northern Italy (see Piedmont). With -d- added by 1855. Applied to similar features of other mountain ranges by 1860.

Piedmont

region in northern Italy, from Old Italian pie di monte "foot of the mountains," from pie "foot" (see foot (n.)) + monte "mountain" (see mount (n.)). Related: Piedmontese.

piedmont in Science

piedmont

[pēd′mŏnt′]

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

piedmont in Culture

Piedmont

[(peed-mont)]

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.