Piedmont

Meanings

1. An administrative region in the north of Italy.
2. 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.
3. A small city in Calhoun County and Cherokee County, Alabama, United States.
4. A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
5. A small city in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.
6. A city in Canadian County and Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States.
7. A census-designated place in Anderson County and Greenville County, South Carolina, United States.
8. A small city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.
9. A small town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
10. A small municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
11. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
12. Any region that could serve as a basis for national unification, as Piedmont did for the Italian Risorgimento.

1. Any region of foothills of a mountain range.

1. Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.

Etymology

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