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cham·paign

[sham-peyn] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	level, open country; plain.

2.	Obsolete. a battlefield.

–adjective

3.	level and open: champaign fields.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME champai(g)ne < MF champa(i)gne < L campānia; see campaign

]

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Cham·paign

[sham-peyn] Pronunciation Key

–noun

a city in E Illinois, adjoining Urbana. 58,133.

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cham·paign (shäm-pān') Pronunciation Key
n. A stretch of level and open country; a plain.

[Middle English champain, from Old French champainge, from Late Latin campānia; see campaign.]

cham·paign' adj.

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Cham·paign (shām-pān') Pronunciation Key
A city of east-central Illinois adjoining Urbana. Founded in 1855 with the coming of the railroad, it is a commercial and industrial center in a fertile farm area. Population: 71,600.

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champaign
noun
1.	extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" [syn: plain]
2.	a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana

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Champaign County, IL (county, FIPS 19) Location: 40.14036 N, 88.19617 W
Population (1990): 173025 (68416 housing units)
Area: 2582.7 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)

Champaign County, OH (county, FIPS 21) Location: 40.14141 N, 83.76816 W
Population (1990): 36019 (14030 housing units)
Area: 1110.1 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)

Champaign, IL (city, FIPS 12385) Location: 40.11300 N, 88.26495 W
Population (1990): 63502 (25996 housing units)
Area: 33.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61820, 61821

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Champaign

Cham*paign"\, n. [OF. champaigne; same word as campagne.] A flat, open country.

Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. --Milton.

Through Apline vale or champaign wide. --Wordsworth.

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Champaign

Cham*paign"\, a. Flat; open; level.

A wide, champaign country, filled with herds. --Addison.