Campagna
Americannoun
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Campagne
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a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
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(lowercase) any flat open plain; champaign.
noun
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
But at Tivoli, at the Villa d'Este, with its glorious vistas of the Campagna and Rome, there surely would be memories of the master.
From Franz Liszt by James Huneker
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
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Many a roadside vista of the old Roman campagna is now cluttered with factories, lumber yards and cheap houses.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The sun had set, however, and the long campagna of twenty miles lay between us and Rome.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
He looked straight before him, often over the heads of the people, towards the villas without the walls, and the broad campagna, and his eyes glittered.
From Four Phases of Love by Paul Heyse
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
Stella’s serves diver scallops and fall succotash and roasted garlic cream, while bistro-style Cafe Campagne dishes up cassoulet of white beans, lamb, pork, duck confit and garlic sausage.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
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, Broca, G. Wilson, and others about the same time made similar researches.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
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