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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: piedmont /ˈpiːdmɒnt/ adj - (prenominal) (of glaciers, plains, etc) formed or situated at the foot of a mountain or mountain range
Etymology: from Italian piémonte mountain foot Pied•mont (pēd′mont),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
- Place NamesItalian, Piemonte. a region in NW Italy. 4,540,822;
11,335 sq. mi. (29,360 sq. km). - Place Namesa city in W California, near Oakland. 10,498.
- (l.c.) a district lying along or near the foot of a mountain range.
adj. - (l.c.) lying along or near the foot of a mountain range.
- Italian Piemonte literally, foothill
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Piedmont /ˈpiːdmɒnt/ n - 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 - a low plateau of the eastern US, between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains
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