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    PIEDMONT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valleyplay

    Synonyms:

    Piedmont; Piemonte

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    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 to the south of the Mason-Dixon line)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("piedmont" is a kind of...):

    incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)

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