Piedmont

American  

[peed-mont] / ˈpid mɒnt /

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.

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adjective

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

Piedmont ¹ British  

/ ˈpiːdmɒnt /

noun

1. Italian name: Piemonte.  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)

2. a low plateau of the eastern US, between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains

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piedmont ² British  

/ ˈpiːdmɒnt /

adjective

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

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piedmont Scientific  

/ pēd′mŏnt′ /

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

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Piedmont Cultural  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Piedmont

From the Italian word Piemonte literally, foothill

Example Sentences

Producers also want to strengthen their tourism offerings for food enthusiasts, as Piedmont and Tuscany have already done for wine.

From Barron's

Nobody was more shocked than I was by how far this dare was going, and now it was me alone arriving after midnight to walk to the Hotel Piedmont.

From Literature

Milan is Italy's second-largest city after Rome, and its metropolitan area stretches across much of Lombardy and into eastern Piedmont.

From Science Daily

In Piedmont, dairy-rich cooking leans into butter, cheese, and slow braises.

From Salon

As a big fan of the wines from this estate in Italy’s Piedmont, I was particularly excited to find this magnum-size offering in a New York wine store.

From The Wall Street Journal