Piedmont, Piemonte
(noun) the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
Piedmont
(noun) the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
piedmont
(noun) a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
piedmont (plural piedmonts)
Any region of foothills of a mountain range.
piedmont (not comparable)
Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.
Source: Wiktionary
Pied"mont, a. Etym: [F. pied foot + mont mountain.] (Geol.)
Definition: Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 June 2024
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
