Campagna
noun
a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
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
1
British
/ kæmˈpɑːnjə /
noun
campagna
2
British
/ kæmˈpɑːnjə /
noun
Other Word Forms
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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
“We have enjoyed this so much,” Mr. Campagna told the Times.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
The Campagnas, well aware of the dangers the storm presented, immediately invited the travelers in, “knowing, as a Buffalonian, this is on another level, the Darth Vader of storms,” Mr. Campagna said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
But long after they were shaped and fashioned the sea flowed over the Campagna Felice and the site of Naples.
From Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
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
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
Many a roadside vista of the old Roman campagna is now cluttered with factories, lumber yards and cheap houses.
From Time Magazine Archive
The initial necessity, the drainage of the campagna, seems in itself to be a task too great for Hercules.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
For the last four years the military Croce Rossa has perambulated the campagna during the summer and autumn months, combating the malaria with doctors and medicines.
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
Campagne closes for makeover, Cafe Campagne stays open What did I say in my last post?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2011
In later years Goethe published his account both of this Campagne in Frankreich and of the Belagerung von Mainz, at which he was also present in 1793.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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