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Piedmont

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Noun

1. piedmont

the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama

2. piedmont

a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

3. piedmont, piemonte

the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Piedmont

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noun
1. 
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)
. Italian name: Piemonte
2. 
a low plateau of the eastern US, between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains
adjective
(prenominal)
(of glaciers, plains, etc) formed or situated at the foot of a mountain or mountain range

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Piedmont

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1. 
hilly upland region of the E U.S., between the Atlantic coastal plain & the Appalachians, stretching from SE N.Y. to central Ala.
2. 
region of NW Italy, on the Swiss & French borders: 9,807 sq mi (25,400 sq km); pop. 4,303,000; chief city, Turin
: It. name Pieˈmonte (pjɛˈmɔntɛ ; pyem^ōnˈte)
adjective
1. 
at the base of a mountain or mountains
a piedmont stream
noun
2. 
a piedmont area, plain, etc.

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Piedmont

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1. A historical region of northwest Italy bordering on France and Switzerland. Occupied by Rome in the 2nd century BC, 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.
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.

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