piedmont

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

Etymology

From Piedmont, ultimately from Italian piemonte (“foot of a mountain”); cognate with French piémont.

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