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. An administrative 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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• (administrative regions of Italy) regions of Italy; Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Sardinia, Sicily, Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto ^{(Category: en:Administrative regions of Italy)}

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• 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