Piedmont
Americannoun
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a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
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Italian Piemonte. a region in NW Italy. 4,540,822; 11,335 sq. mi. (29,360 sq. km).
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a city in W California, near Oakland.
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(lowercase) a district lying along or near the foot of a mountain range.
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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)
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a low plateau of the eastern US, between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains
Etymology
Origin of Piedmont
From the Italian word Piemonte literally, foothill
Example Sentences
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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.
As textile production shifted from Massachusetts’s Merrimack River to the Piedmont plateau of the Appalachian foothills.
“I have to go back to the client and say ‘Guess what, I’m not eating that,’” she said, one of many business owners in the Piedmont who expects to pass cost increases onto customers.
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