Champlain

American  

[sham-pleyn, shahn-plan] / ʃæmˈpleɪn, ʃɑ̃ˈplɛ̃ /

noun

1. Samuel de 1567–1635, French explorer in the Americas: founder of Quebec; first colonial governor 1633–35.

2. Lake, a lake between New York and Vermont. 125 miles (200 km) long; about 600 sq. mi. (1,550 sq. km).

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Champlain ¹ British  

/ ʃæmˈpleɪn /

noun

1. a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times

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Champlain ² British  

/ ʃæmˈpleɪn, ʃɑ̃plɛ̃ /

noun

1. Samuel de (samyɛl də). ?1567–1635, French explorer; founder of Quebec (1608) and governor of New France (1633–35)

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Example Sentences

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Champlain

Federal investigators concluded the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse began three weeks prior with a structural failure at garage column connections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

My writer’s group had rented a lake house in Vermont this past June on an island in the middle of Lake Champlain, where shorebirds and ducklings paddled past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024

As temperatures soared, a sister tournament on Lake Champlain in Vermont was canceled.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

At Lake Champlain Chocolates, the owners take shifts stacking boxes in the warehouse.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023

“Say, Wright,” he asked, “did you collect from Ewing at Champlain Avenue yet?”

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright