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piedmont
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun piedmont has 3 senses
- piedmont(n = noun.location) Array - the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama; Array is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
- piedmont(n = noun.object) Array - a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land; Array is a kind of incline, side, slope
- piedmont(n = noun.location) piemonte - the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley; Array is a part of italia, italian republic, italy
is a part of south
is a kind of italian region
has parts: torino, turin
CIDE DICTIONARY
piedmont, a. [F. pied foot + mont mountain.].
Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
piedmont, n. a gentle slope leading from the foot of mountains to a region of flat land.
Etymology
It. piemonte mountain foot, name of a region at the foot of the Alps
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