Piedmont (n.)

  1. the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama

    [ Syn: piedmont ]

  2. a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

  3. the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley

    [ Syn: piedmont , piemonte ]

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