Piedmont

From Italian piemonte (“mountain foot”), from Medieval Latin Pedemontium, Pedemontis, from Latin ad pedem montium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːdmɒnt/

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• Homophone: piedmont

Piedmont

1. A region in the north of Italy.
2. The region of the eastern US between the Appalachian mountains and the coastal plain, extending from eastern Alabama to northern New Jersey.
3. A city in Alameda County, California, United States.

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• Piedmont on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Piedmont (United States) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

The name of the municipality is derived from piémont (“foothill”).

• IPA^(key): /pje.mɔ̃/
• Hyphenation: Pied‧mont
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: piémont

Piedmont m

1. A municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.

• Piedmontais, Piedmontaise