Piedmont
[PEED-mahnt]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Italian, mid 19th century
1.
A gentle slope leading from the base of mountains to a region of flat land.
Examples of Piedmont in a sentence
"The area’s piedmont had surprisingly fertile land."
"The piedmont rarely experienced severe flooding."
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