champaign
[ sham-peyn ]
/ ʃæmˈpeɪn /
noun
level, open country; plain.
Obsolete. a battlefield.
adjective
level and open: champaign fields.
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Nearby words
- champac,
- champaca,
- champagne,
- champagne socialist,
- champagne-ardenne,
- champaigne,
- champers,
- champerty,
- champignon,
- champigny-sur-marne
Origin of champaign
Champaign
[ sham-peyn ]
/ ʃæmˈpeɪn /
noun
a city in E Illinois, adjoining Urbana.
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champaign
/ (ʃæmˈpeɪn) /
noun
Also called: campagna an expanse of open level or gently undulating country
an obsolete word for battlefield
Word Origin for champaign
C14: from Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia; see campaign
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champaign
"open country, plain," c.1400, from Old French champagne "country, countryside," from Latin campania "plain, level country," especially that near Rome (see campaign (n.)).
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