piedmont

piedmont
piedmont (n.) name given to the fertile upland region along the eastern slope of the Appalachians, 1755, originally piemont, from It. Piemonte, lit. "mountain foot," name of a region in northern Italy, from piede "foot" (see FOOT (Cf. foot) (n.)) + monte "mountain" (see MOUNT (Cf. mount) (n.)). With -d- added by 1855. Applied to similar features of other mountain ranges by 1860.

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