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Piemonte

(Italian pjeˈmonte)

(Placename) the Italian name for Piedmont¹

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Pied•mont

(ˈpid mɒnt)

n.

1. a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachians, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.

2. Italian, Piemonte. a region in NW Italy. 4,377,229; 11,335 sq. mi. (29,360 sq. km).

3. (l.c.) a district lying along or near the foot of a mountain range.

adj.

4. (l.c.) lying along or near the foot of a mountain range.

[< Italian Piemonte literally, foothill]

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Piemonte - the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley

Piedmont

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

Torino, Turin - capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy

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Milan/Paris/London: Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Region of Piemonte's Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BBB' with Stable Outlooks and Short-Term Foreign Currency IDR at 'F3'.

Fitch Affirms Italian Region of Piemonte at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable

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A request to amend the specifications of a protected geographical indication from Italy, for specialty nuts grown in the Piedmont region Nocciola del Piemonte, has been accepted by the Commission.

ITALIAN PROTECTED GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION FOR NUTS MODIFIED

More than four days of furious storms have swamped the Valle d'Aosta and Piemonte regions in the northeast of the country, bursting riverbanks, washing away bridges and filling lakes to overflowing.

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Milan/Paris/London: Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Region of Piemonte's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BBB' with Stable Outlooks and Short-Term foreign-Currency IDR at 'F3'.

Fitch Affirms Region of Piemonte at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable

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Une demande de modification du cahier des charges en tant qu'indication geographique protegee de la denomination italienne "Nocciola del Piemonte" (noisettes) a ete acceptee par la Commission europeenne.

MODIFICATIONS A UNE INDICATION GEOGRAPHIQUE ITALIENNE

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