champaign

[ sham-peyn ]
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noun
  1. level, open country; plain.

  2. Obsolete. a battlefield.

adjective
  1. level and open: champaign fields.

Origin of champaign

1
1350–1400; Middle English champai(g)ne<Middle French champa(i)gne<Latin campānia;see campaign

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Champaign
[ sham-peyn ]

noun
  1. a city in E Illinois, adjoining Urbana.

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British Dictionary definitions for champaign

champaign

/ (ʃæmˈpeɪn) /


noun
  1. Also called: campagna an expanse of open level or gently undulating country

  2. an obsolete word for battlefield

Origin of champaign

1
C14: from Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia; see campaign

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