PIEDMONT
Dictionary entry overview: What does Piedmont mean?
• PIEDMONT (noun)
The noun PIEDMONT has 2 senses:
1. the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
2. the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
Familiarity information: PIEDMONT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PIEDMONT (noun)
Meaning:
The plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Piedmont" is a part of...):
South (the region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon line)
Meaning:
The region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Piemonte; Piedmont
Instance hypernyms:
Italian region (Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes)
Meronyms (parts of "Piedmont"):
Torino; Turin (capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy)
Holonyms ("Piedmont" is a part of...):
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
