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Piedmontese

Piedmontese

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A person from Piedmont, a region in northwest Italy
  • noun
  • /ˌpiːdˈmɒnteɪz/
: piamontés
  • As a Piedmontese, she enjoys the local cuisine that reflects the flavors of her region.

Examples

  • The old castle is held by Piedmontese and Croatian grenadiers.

  • The old castle is held by Piedmontese and Croatian grenadiers.

  • He is, as he remarked of himself, very much a Piedmontese.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Germany and Italy developed organic parliaments, but those states themselves were created by conquest (Prussian and Piedmontese), so a substantial portion of their populations came to the modern state "under the gun."

    Blog text (3)

  • He is proud to be a Piedmontese, celebrating the traditions of his family's heritage.

  • Many Piedmontese people participate in the grape harvest festival every autumn.

Synonyms

Italian
vsPiedmontese
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A person from Italy or with family from Italy

is narrower, referring to people from a specific northwest region

Surface Forms

Piedmontese singular
Piedmontese plural

Morphology

Piedmontese = Piedmont (transparent) = Piedmont + ese

Formed by adding the productive demonym/language suffix '-ese' to the place name 'Piedmont', a standard and recognizable pattern.

Etymology

Piedmontese originally names a person from Piemonte, which means 'foot of the mountain' and combines pie 'foot' and monte 'mountain'. So a Piedmontese is someone from that region in northwest Italy.