Campagna
noun
a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
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Campagna
American
[kam-pahn-yuh, kuhm-, kahm-pah-nyah]
/ kæmˈpɑn jə, kəm-, kɑmˈpɑ njɑ /
noun
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Campagne
plural
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a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
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(lowercase) any flat open plain; champaign.
Campagna
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British
/ kæmˈpɑːnjə /
noun
campagna
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British
/ kæmˈpɑːnjə /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Campagna
From Italian; see origin at campaign
Example Sentences
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Readers’ senses are engaged as Muratov pauses in one place or another, such as in the Campagna on the outskirts of Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Wadhwaney and his two co-managers, Michael Campagna and John Mauro, seek the opposite of hype.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
That’s when they knocked on the door of Alex and Andrea Campagna.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
They became “accidental innkeepers,” said Mr. Campagna, a 40-year-old dentist.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
Cole's picture of the Roman Campagna, as seen from one of these elevations, is, I think, one of the finest landscapes ever painted.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
The avocado crostini appetizer layers avocado, feta, peas, fresh mint and an absolutely delicious charmoula, a Moroccan pesto, on grilled campagna grande bread.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2016
Many a roadside vista of the old Roman campagna is now cluttered with factories, lumber yards and cheap houses.
From Time Magazine Archive
You want to roll on his grass, sprawl under the shot-silk blue and honey-colored sky that unfurls over his Roman campagna.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dogs are now the herds of the campagna, and sweep through the deserted waste in packs, maddened by hunger, and no longer restrained by the herdsmen, on whose poverty they are only a burden.
From Four Phases of Love by Paul Heyse
Life and death, the va et vient of the world's masters, "the desolation of Tyre and Sidon"—the Roman campagna has looked on both.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
Similarly, the prize for actor was bestowed on both Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, co-stars of Lukas Dhont’s World War I romantic drama “Coward.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
But the defence lawyer for 14 of the hunters, Fanny Campagne, criticised "the lack of signs indicating that hunting was prohibited".
From BBC ● May 6, 2025
Other appetizing new entries include Franco-Chinese restaurant Dan, high-end minimalist Garopapilles and locavore Belle Campagne, in a rustic-chic townhouse in Bordeaux’s picturesque Old Town.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2016
But this much he can say: The fine-dining arm of Campagne restaurant will close after service on Saturday for a "winter remodel."
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2011
Trouble with drains now came to add to their fear that beautiful Campagne Defli would not do for their permanent home.
From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez
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