Piedmont
[peed-mont]
- 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.
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- (lowercase) lying along or near the foot of a mountain range.
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Origin of Piedmont
From the Italian word Piemonte literally, foothill
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Contemporary Examples
Born in Laurens, S.C., in 1896, Davis grew up playing on the streets of towns and cities across the Piedmont South.
Boyd is tall and thickly muscled and speaks softly in a Piedmont drawl.
Lady, who owned a multi-million dollar villa in Piedmont, had planned on retiring in Italy.
Much like the Landon debacle, media coverage of Piedmont has primarily focused on the “unknowing” girls who were targeted.
‘Fantasy Slut League’: Earning Points for Sexual Encounters in High SchoolLizzie Crocker
October 26, 2012
The law code of the Kingdom of Naples was abolished and replaced by the laws of Piedmont.
Historical Examples
They thought at first of marrying her to the Prince of Piedmont.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, CompleteElizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
Fourth, a town in Piedmont, once an ancient Roman settlement.
Mr. Grady was one of the promoters of the Piedmont Exposition.
Watch Yourself Go ByAl. G. Field
The western half of this great valley is Piedmont; the eastern is Lombardy.
Glances at EuropeHorace Greeley
So with the whole country except Piedmont, and perhaps Genoa and Venice.
Glances at EuropeHorace Greeley
piedmont
- (prenominal) (of glaciers, plains, etc) formed or situated at the foot of a mountain or mountain range
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Word Origin
from Italian piémonte mountain foot
Piedmont
- 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
n.
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.
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Piedmont
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
piedmont
[pēd′mŏnt′]
- An area of land, glacier, or other feature formed or lying at the foot of a mountain or mountain range.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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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.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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