Piedmont (disambiguation)
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In physical geography, piedmont means a region of foothills of a mountain range. It appears in the proper name of several regions.
Regions
- Piedmont, northern administrative region of Italy
- Piedmont (United States), eastern region
- Colorado Piedmont, Colorado region
- Piedmont Triad, a region centered on three cities in North Carolina
- Piedmont Crescent, a geographical phenomenon of urban areas arranged in a crescent shape in North Carolina
Cities
- United States
- Piedmont, Alabama
- Piedmont, California
- Piedmont, Missouri
- Piedmont, Oklahoma
- Piedmont, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon
- Piedmont, South Carolina
- Piedmont, South Dakota
- Piedmont, Virginia (disambiguation)
- Piedmont, Washington
- Piedmont, West Virginia
- Piedmont, Wyoming
- Piedmont, Arizona
- Piedmont Heights (Duluth), a neighborhood in the city of Duluth, Minnesota
- Canada
Colleges
- Piedmont College, a private liberal arts school in Demorest, Georgia
- Piedmont Community College, a two-year post-secondary institution in Person and Caswell counties in North Carolina
- Piedmont Technical College, a two-year community college in the Lakelands region of South Carolina
- Central Piedmont Community College, a large community college in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Georgia Piedmont Technical College, a technical college in Clarkston, Georgia
- Piedmont Virginia Community College, a two-year educational institution located in Albemarle County, Virginia
- Piedmont Baptist College, a private independent Baptist Bible college and seminary in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- South Piedmont Community College, a community college located in the areas of Anson and Union counties in North Carolina
- Western Piedmont Community College, a community college in Morganton, North Carolina
People
- Matt Piedmont, American writer
Transportation
- Piedmont (1917 automobile), a car made by the Piedmont Motor Car Company of Lynchburg, Virginia
- Piedmont Airlines, a regional airline operating under the name US Airways Express
- Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989), an airline that was merged into US Air
- Piedmont (train), an Amtrak passenger train in North Carolina
Other
- Ice piedmont, a geographic feature
- Piedmont blues or "Piedmont fingerstyle", a style of blues guitar playing
- Piedmont League, defunct minor league baseball organization
- Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1723
- Piedmont Park, a major city park in Atlanta, Georgia
- Piedmont Road in Milpitas, California
- Piedmont, Arizona, fictional setting for part of the miniseries The Andromeda Strain (miniseries)
See also
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