piedmont1
/ˈpiːdmɒnt
/noun
A gentle slope leading from the foot of mountains to a region of flat land.Remove the top ½ to 1 inch of new growth about every four weeks from the time the plant is 6 inches tall until early July in the upper piedmont and mountains, up to early August at the coast....
- Presbyterianism was brought to America primarily by the Scots and the Scots-Irish, who emigrated not to New England but to the mid-Atlantic and the South, and westward into the piedmont of the Appalachian mountains.
- Black walnut is found pretty much throughout the piedmont and mountain area of Georgia but never in great concentrations.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Italian piemonte 'mountain foot' (see Piedmont).
Piedmont2
/ˈpiːdmɒnt/1A region of NW Italy, in the foothills of the Alps; capital, Turin. Dominated by Savoy from 1400, it became a part of the kingdom of Sardinia in 1720. It was the centre of the movement for a united Italy in the 19th century. Italian name Piemonte.
2A hilly region of the eastern US, between the Appalachians and the coastal plain.
Origin
From Italian piemonte 'mountain foot'.