What does “Piedmont region” mean?

Our State Geography in a Snap: The Piedmont Region. Reprinted with permission from the North ... Piedmont is a French word meaning "foot of the mountain." The elevations of this region range from ... Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. read more

name given to the fertile upland region along the eastern slope of the Appalachians, 1755, originally piemont, from Italian Piemonte, literally "mountain foot," name of the region at the foot of the Alps in northern Italy (see Piedmont). read more

Within the Piedmont region itself, there are several areas of urban concentration, the largest being the Philadelphia metropolitan area in Pennsylvania. The Piedmont cuts Maryland in half, covering the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. In Virginia, the Greater Richmond metropolitan area is the largest urban concentration. read more