Piedmont
['piːdmɒnt] or ['pidmɑnt]
Definition
(noun.) the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley.
(noun.) the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama.
(noun.) a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land.
Editor: Theresa--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.
Typist: Rex
Examples
- He met the enemy on the 5th of June at Piedmont, and defeated him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The survey of Savoy and Piedmont was executed under the orders of the late king of Sardinia. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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