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Piedmont

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Pied·mont  (pdmnt)
1. A historical region of northwest Italy bordering on France and Switzerland. Occupied by Rome in the 1st century b.c., it passed to Savoy in the 11th century and was the center of the Italian Risorgimento after 1814.
2. A plateau region of the eastern United States extending from New York to Alabama between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain.

Piedmon·tese (-tz, -ts) adj. & n.

pied·mont  (pdmnt)
n.
An area of land formed or lying at the foot of a mountain or mountain range.
adj.
Of, relating to, or constituting such an area of land.

[After Piedmont.]

piedmont [ˈpiːdmɒnt]
adj
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (prenominal) (of glaciers, plains, etc.) formed or situated at the foot of a mountain or mountain range
[from Italian piémonte mountain foot]

Piedmont [ˈpiːdmɒnt]
n
1. (Placename) a region of NW Italy: consists of the upper Po Valley; mainly agricultural. Chief town: Turin. Pop.: 4 287 465 (2000 est.). Area: 25 399 sq. km (9807 sq. miles) Italian name Piemonte
2. (Placename) a low plateau of the eastern US, between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains

piedmont  (pdmnt)
An area of land, glacier, or other feature formed or lying at the foot of a mountain or mountain range.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.PiedmontPiedmont - the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
2.piedmont - a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land
incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
3.Piedmont - the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
Torino, Turin - capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy
Translations
Piedmont [ˈpiːdmɒnt] NPiamonte m
Piedmont [ˈpiːdmɒnt] nPiémont m
piedmont
n
(Geol) → Piedmontfläche f
(Geog, Region of Italy) → Piemont nt
Piedmont [ˈpiːdmɒnt] nPiemonte m
Piedmont [ˈpiːdmɒnt] nPiemonte m


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One Sunday, late in the afternoon, found Daylight across the bay in the Piedmont hills back of Oakland.
Planchet obtained from Rochefort the rank of sergeant in the Piedmont regiment.
in the regiment of Piedmont, in which Rochefort had placed him.
 
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