Piedmont
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- proper noun
- /ˈpiːdˌmɒnt/
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Piamonte
- I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina, about two hours southeast of the Blue Ridge Mountains and about the same distance northwest of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Northern Piedmont
- Southern Piedmont
- Carolina Piedmont
I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina, about two hours southeast of the Blue Ridge Mountains and about the same distance northwest of the Atlantic Ocean.
- I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina, about two hours southeast of the Blue Ridge Mountains and about the same distance northwest of the Atlantic Ocean.
Examples
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The Northern Piedmont has a long history of catering to urban markets, especially in specialized commodities.
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Cecil soil is the most common soil series in the Piedmont of South Carolina.
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Two, repeat, two paramedic vehicles missing in the East Piedmont district.
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The sport became popular in the southern Piedmont and most Fall Line counties during this epoch.
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Landowners in the Northern Piedmont were the least willing to harvest.
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A county was assigned to the Northern Piedmont if a majority of its area was located within the ecoregion boundary.
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Virginia is composed of three main physiographic regions (from west to east): Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain.
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The Northern Piedmont was reported to have the most forestland in small forested parcels (100 acres).
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The Wereth 11 included Private Curtis Adams of South Carolina, Technical Sergeant James Aubrey Stewart of Piedmont, West Virginia, and Private First Class George Davis, of Bessemer, Alabama.
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The Piedmont region of Virginia is known for its rolling hills and rich history.
Compounds
- Specialized
A large mass of ice that forms when ice in valleys join and spread out at a mountain base
Surface Forms
Etymology
Piedmont in the United States uses the same name idea, from ped- ('foot') and mont ('mountain'), so it tells you the land lies 'at the foot of the mountains' between the coastal plain and the Appalachian range.