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   Pied·mont

   /ˈpēdˌmänt/

   

   • 1. a region of northwestern 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 center of the movement for a united Italy in the 19th century.
   • 2. in the US, a hilly highland region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coast. The Piedmont ends at the Fall Line, where rivers drop to the coastal plain.

   Word Origin from Italian piemonte ‘mountain foot’.

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