Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun piedmont

3 senses of piedmont

Sense 1
Piedmont -- (the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama)
       INSTANCE OF=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region -- (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Sense 2
piedmont -- (a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land)
       => slope, incline, side -- (an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain")

Sense 3
Piedmont, Piemonte -- (the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley)
       INSTANCE OF=> Italian region -- (Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes)