Definition of piedmont
: lying or formed at the base of mountains
piedmont
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Origin and Etymology of piedmont
Piedmont, region of Italy
Piedmont
playDefinition of Piedmont
1 upland region of the eastern U.S. lying east of the Appalachian Mountains between southeastern New York and central Alabama
2 or Italian Piemonteplay \pyā-ˈmōn-(ˌ)tā\ region of northwestern Italy west of Lombardy that is almost entirely surrounded by mountains and borders on France and Switzerland; capital Turin population 4,363,916
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