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Webster 1913 Edition

Piedmont

Pied′mont

,

Adj.

[F.

pied

foot +

mont

mountain.]

(Geol.)

Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.

Definition 2024

Piedmont

Piedmont

See also: piedmont

English

Proper noun

Piedmont

Region in the north of Italy.
The region of the eastern US between the Appalachian mountains and the coastal plain, extending from eastern Alabama to northern New Jersey.

Derived terms

Piedmont blues

Translations

region

Arabic: بييمونتي
Bulgarian: Пиемонт ‎(Piemont)
Catalan: Piemont m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 皮埃蒙特 ‎(Píāiméngtè)
Dutch: Piëmont n
Emilian: Piemånt m
Finnish: Piemonte
French: Piémont (fr) m
German: Piemont (de) n
Greek: Πεδεμόντιο (el) n ‎(Pedemóntio)
Ido: Piemont (io)
Italian: Piemonte (it) m
Japanese: ピエモンテ州 ‎(ピエモンテしゅう, Piemonte shū)

Korean: 피에몬테 주 ‎(piemonte ju)
Latin: Pedemontium n
Lombard: Piemont m
Piedmontese: Piemont m
Polish: Piemont (pl) m
Portuguese: Piemonte m
Romanian: Piemont n
Russian: Пьемо́нт m ‎(Pʹjemónt)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Пијѐмонт m

Latin: Pijèmont (sh) m
Spanish: Piamonte (es) m
Swedish: Piemonte
Turkish: Piyemonte
Venetian: Piemonte m

piedmont

piedmont

See also: Piedmont

English

Noun

piedmont ‎(plural piedmonts)

Any region of foothills of a mountain range.

Adjective

piedmont ‎(not comparable)

Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.