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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Examples from the Web for 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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The law code of the Kingdom of Naples was abolished and replaced by the laws of Piedmont.
David Frum's Book Club: The Pursuit of Italy|David Frum|March 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But in the end Piedmont paid Austria an indemnity of seventy-five million francs.
The Patriot|Antonio Fogazzaro
China silk is of excellent staple, and comes at little above one-third of the price of Italian Piedmont silk.
London in 1731|Don Manoel Gonzales
The road, especially in winter, was difficult; it led through the passes of Piedmont and Mont Cenis.
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci|Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
Napoleon stood by Piedmont, and in May, 1859, the campaign that was to redeem the inglorious field of Novara commenced.
Builders of United Italy|Rupert Sargent Holland
It is curious to note that even now, when he had become the most considerable figure in Piedmont, he was not generally popular.
Builders of United Italy|Rupert Sargent Holland

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

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.

Science definitions for piedmont

piedmont

[pēd′mŏnt′]

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

Culture definitions for piedmont

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.