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Piedmont

pied·mont

UK/ˈpiːdmɒnt/ US/ˈpiˌdmɑnt/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

2.

the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley

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

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