piedmont

noun

the region of northwestern Italy

a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama

Roots

pespied- · Latin · foot monsmont- · Latin · mountain

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