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
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Campagna
From Italian; see origin at campaign
Example Sentences
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Wadhwaney and his two co-managers, Michael Campagna and John Mauro, seek the opposite of hype.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Superior Court Judge Joe Campagna on Friday ordered Wheeler undergo a mental health evaluation and follow any treatment recommendations.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
“Knowing, as a Buffalonian, this is on another level, the Darth Vader of storms,” Mr. Campagna told the newspaper.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
Mr. Campagna said that the unexpected guests had been a delight.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
Once they had driven through the Campagna in a hired cab, completely enclosed in an improvised tent of netting.
From Mortal Coils by Huxley, Aldous
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
A stranger hunting in the campagna may often hear himself addressed with the "Tu" of Roman simplicity.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
This Portuguese campagna was in Roman days a fertile plain covered with golden wheat-fields.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 by Various
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
“The technology is always one step ahead of the regulators,” said Michiel van Lookeren Campagne, president of the biotechnology division of Syngenta, a seed and agricultural chemical company.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2015
Campagne, at 86 Pine Street in Pike Place Market, will close this week, says chef-exec Daisley Gordon, who runs the place upstairs, and down.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2011
His son, then four years old, used to be with him at La Sainte Campagne, Cap Brun, his house near Toulon.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
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