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Campagna

American  
[kam-pahn-yuh, kuhm-, kahm-pah-nyah] / kæmˈpɑn jə, kəm-, kɑmˈpɑ njɑ /

noun

  • Campagne
    plural
  1. a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.

  2. (lowercase) any flat open plain; champaign.


Campagna 1 British  
/ kæmˈpɑːnjə /

noun

  1. Also called: Campagna di Roma.  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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

campagna 2 British  
/ kæmˈpɑːnjə /

noun

  1. another word for champaign

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Many a roadside vista of the old Roman campagna is now cluttered with factories, lumber yards and cheap houses.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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