Campagna
noun
a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
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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
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British
/ kæmˈpɑːnjə /
noun
campagna
2
British
/ kæmˈpɑːnjə /
noun
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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
“We have enjoyed this so much,” Mr. Campagna told the Times.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
Alexander Campagna and his wife, Andrea, lifelong residents of Buffalo, were ready to wait the blizzard out.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
Vincenzo De Luca, president of the Campagna region where Ischia is located, said houses in areas at risk must be demolished, suggesting they had been built without necessary permits.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2022
Hence the Eternal City is seen spread at our feet, and beyond it the wide-spreading Campagna, till a silver line marks the sea melting into the horizon beyond Ostia.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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 horseman galloped through the grey of the winter's night, some few hundred paces from the scene of the struggle, over the pathless campagna.
From Four Phases of Love by Heyse, Paul
For the last four years the military Croce Rossa has perambulated the campagna during the summer and autumn months, combating the malaria with doctors and medicines.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
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
“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
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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