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Piedmont¹
- /ˈpiːdmɒnt/
Sounds like piedmont
Where it comes from
Derived from Italian Piemonte (“mountain foot”), from Medieval Latin Pedemontium, Pedemontis, from Latin ad pedem montium.
proper noun
- An administrative region in the north of Italy.
- A geographic region and plateau of the eastern United States, between the Appalachian mountains and the coastal plain, extending from eastern Alabama to northern New Jersey.
- A small city in Calhoun County and Cherokee County, Alabama, United States.
- A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
- A small city in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.
- A city in Canadian County and Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A census-designated place in Anderson County and Greenville County, South Carolina, United States.
- A small city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.
- A small town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
- A small municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
- A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
- Any region that could serve as a basis for national unification, as Piedmont did for the Italian Risorgimento. As it was, Greece had no 'Piedmont' with which to begin her Unification – no Piedmont to make alliances with other states, no Piedmontese bureaucracy and diplomatic service, no well-equipped and well-supplied regular army.
piedmont²
- /ˈpiːdmɒnt/
Sounds like Piedmont
Where it comes from
From Piedmont, ultimately from Italian piemonte (“foot of a mountain”); cognate with French piémont.
noun piedmonts
- Any region of foothills of a mountain range.
adjective
- Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: piemonte, sardinia, savoy, foothills, talus slope, piedmont plateau, pediment, bajada, apron, alluvial fan, alluvial plain, veneto, langhe, biella, turin, umbria
Translations
Talk about this word "piedmont." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/piedmont. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. piedmont. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/piedmont "piedmont." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/piedmont.Cite this
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title = {piedmont},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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