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ˈpid mɒntpied·mont

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Piedmontnoun

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

  2. piedmontnoun

    a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

  3. Piedmont, Piemontenoun

    the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley

Wiktionary

  1. Piedmontnoun

    Region in the north of Italy.

  2. piedmontnoun

    Any region of foothills of a mountain range.

  3. piedmontadjective

    Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.

  4. Etymology: From Piedmont, ultimately from piémonte; cognate with French piémont.

Wikipedia

  1. Piedmont

    Piedmont ( PEED-mont; Italian: Piemonte, pronounced [pjeˈmonte]) is a region of Northwest Italy, one of the 20 regions of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest; it also borders Switzerland to the northeast and France to the west. It has an area of 25,402 km2 (9,808 sq mi) making it the second largest region of Italy after Sicily and a population of 4,269,714 as of 31 January 2021. The capital of Piedmont is Turin.

ChatGPT

  1. piedmont

    A piedmont is a region of gently sloping terrain at the base of a range of mountains, often characterized by alluvial plains or hills. The term comes from the Italian "Piemonte" which means "at the foot of the mountains". It can also refer to several specific geographic locations, including a region in Italy and the Piedmont region in the eastern United States.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Piedmontadjective

    noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain

  2. Etymology: [F. pied foot + mont mountain.]

Wikidata

  1. Piedmont

    Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of Cuneo and Turin. Franco-Provençal is also spoken by another minority in the alpine heights of the Province of Turin. The name Piedmont comes from medieval Latin Pedemontium or Pedemontis, i.e., ad pedem montium, meaning “at the foot of the mountains”.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Piedmont

    a district of Italy, formerly a principality, ruled by the house of Savoy, surrounded by the Alps, the Apennines, and the river Ticino; occupies the W. end of the great fertile valley of the Po, a hilly region rich in vines and mulberries, and a mountainous tract with forests and grazing land intersected by lovely valleys, which send streams down into the Po; the people are industrious; textile manufactures are extensive, and agriculture is skilful; Turin, the largest town, was the capital of Italy 1859-1865; in the glens of the Cottian Alps the Vaudois or Waldenses, after much persecution, still dwell.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. piedmont

    An Italian principality, which now forms the northwest part of the kingdom of Italy. In 1796 it was seized by the French, and parceled out into six departments, five being incorporated with France, and one with the kingdom of Italy, but after the fall of Napoleon, the house of Savoy recovered possession of it. Since 1860 the name Piedmont, as a provincial designation, has been disused; and in the new division of Italy into provinces, the boundaries of Piedmont as a distinct country have been disregarded.

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Piedmont

    Expresses the French for “mountain foot.”

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PIEDMONT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Piedmont is ranked #67318 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Piedmont surname appeared 293 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Piedmont.

    95.2% or 279 total occurrences were White.
    2.3% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.7% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Piedmont in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Piedmont in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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