Campagna

[kam-pahn-yuh, kuh m-; Italian kahm-pah-nyah]

noun, plural Cam·pa·gne

[kam-pahn-yey, kuh m-; Italian kahm-pah-nye] /kæmˈpɑn yeɪ, kəm-; Italian kɑmˈpɑ nyɛ/ for 2.

a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
(lowercase) any flat open plain; champaign.

Origin of Campagna

From Italian; see origin at campaign

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Historical Examples of campagna

You have a little sister of your own far away in the Campagna Romana—yes?
The Eternal City
Hall Caine
I was nursed in a poorhouse and brought up in a hut on the Campagna.
The Eternal City
Hall Caine
He thought of their joyous day on the Campagna, and then of the unalloyed hours before them.
The Eternal City
Hall Caine
I see it all; and you 're to take moonlight rides with her over the Campagna.
The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly
Charles James Lever
The Campagna would have been what the marches of Ancona now are.
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846
Various

British Dictionary definitions for campagna

campagna

noun

another word for champaign (def. 1)

Campagna

noun

a low-lying plain surrounding Rome, Italy: once fertile, it deteriorated to malarial marshes; but has since been reclaimed. Area: about 2000 sq km (800 sq miles)Also called: Campagna di Roma (dɪ ˈrəʊmə)

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