champaign

[ sham-peyn ]

/ ʃæmˈpeɪn /

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noun

level, open country; plain.

Obsolete. a battlefield.

adjective

level and open: champaign fields.

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Origin of champaign

1350–1400; Middle English champai(g)ne < Middle French champa(i)gne < Latin campānia; see campaign

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Definition for champaign (2 of 2)

Champaign

[ sham-peyn ]

/ ʃæmˈpeɪn /

noun

a city in E Illinois, adjoining Urbana.

Example sentences from the Web for champaign

There are also practitioners of this dark art in Portland, Oregon; Champaign, Illinois; and … the Upper East Side of Manhattan?
Could I Possibly Have Been Wrong About the French Fry Burger?|Daniel Gross|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And since 1999, he hosted the Roger Ebert Film Festival in Champaign, Illinois, home to the University of Illinois.
Roger Ebert, 70, Has Died: A Look at the Life of Cinema’s Great Appreciator|Marlow Stern|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Our forefathers, he explains, drank that mirth-inspiring liquor with which Burgundy and Champaign supplied them.
Old and New Paris, v. 1|Henry Sutherland Edwards
They moved from there to Champaign, Illinois when I was about six years old.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4|Work Projects Administration

This country is always tilled, and full of corn, and is all plain and champaign ground, and hath great store of honey.
The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell|Andrew Battell
In the old Welsh tongue, Gwent means a champaign country, or level alluvial plain.
Science in Arcady|Grant Allen
"Let us finish this champaign, my good fellow," says the politician, emptying his glass.
An Outcast|F. Colburn Adams

British Dictionary definitions for champaign

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

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