Associations to the word «Piedmont»

Wiktionary

PIEDMONT, proper noun. Region in the north of Italy.
PIEDMONT, proper noun. The region of the eastern US between the Appalachian mountains and the coastal plain, extending from eastern Alabama to northern New Jersey.
PIEDMONT, noun. Any region of foothills of a mountain range.
PIEDMONT, adjective. Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.
PIEDMONT BLUES, noun. (music genre) A genre of guitar-based blues from the East Coast.

Dictionary definition

PIEDMONT, noun. The plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama.
PIEDMONT, noun. A gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land.
PIEDMONT, noun. The region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King