Piedmont
/ˈpiːdmɒnt/ · name
Meaning
- An administrative region in the north of Italy.
- A geographic region and plateau of the eastern United States, between the Appalachian mountains and the coastal plain, extending from eastern Alabama to northern New Jersey.
- A small city in Calhoun County and Cherokee County, Alabama, United States.
- A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
- A small city in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.
- A city in Canadian County and Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A census-designated place in Anderson County and Greenville County, South Carolina, United States.
- A small city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.
- A small town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
- A small municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
- A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
- Any region that could serve as a basis for national unification, as Piedmont did for the Italian Risorgimento.
- Any region of foothills of a mountain range.
- Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.
Etymology / origin
Derived from Italian Piemonte (“mountain foot”), from Medieval Latin Pedemontium, Pedemontis, from Latin ad pedem montium.
- ad(Latin)→
- Pedemontium(la-med)→
- Piemonte(Italian)→
- Piemonte(Italian)→
- Piedmont (English)
- Relations: der, der, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- ピードモント(Japanese) (bor)
- Piemonte(Portuguese) (cog)
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