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
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
“We have enjoyed this so much,” Mr. Campagna told the Times.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
Then, after hours of watching the weather deteriorate outside the van’s windows, they ended up stranded near the Campagna house, Mr. Choi said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
Most people expect to have done with volcanoes and their products when they climb up out of the Campagna Felice on to the hillsides of Castellammare.
From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.
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 primitive and classical feature of campagna labour is the singing with which it is enlivened.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
Here the campagna stretched away naked, desert, speckled with dried grass, blending silently with the distant horizon.
From Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga by Verga, Giovanni
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
"For a lot of people, Campagne is shorthand for Cafe Campagne," Gordon says.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2011
I fear there are fleas - it is called Campagne Defli - and I look forward to tons of insecticide being employed.
From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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