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Piedmontese

American  
[peed-mon-teez, -tees] / ˌpid mɒnˈtiz, -ˈtis /

noun

  • Piedmontese
    plural
  1. a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the people or region of Piedmont, Italy.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of Piedmontese

First recorded in 1635–45; Piedmont + -ese

Example Sentences

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What does musky, garlicky rare Piedmontese white truffle taste like if you can't taste anything?

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2022

Cavour threw the bulk of the Piedmontese army into the Papal States, annexing them and heading off Garibaldi.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Lombe wished to figure out how the Piedmontese spun strong yarn from silkworm silk.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2019

A small number of Certified Piedmontese cattle, descendants of pure-blood breeding stock, are raised in this country.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2019

After the taking of Rome by the Piedmontese, Pius IX shut himself up in the Vatican from which he was never to go forth alive.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham

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