champaign
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champaign
level and open country
Not to be confused with:
champagne – sparkling wine; a pale yellow-gray
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Cham·paign
(shăm-pān′) A city of east-central Illinois east-northeast of Springfield. Along with the adjoining town of Urbana, it is the site of the University of Illinois' largest campus (established 1867).
cham·paign
(shäm-pān′)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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champaign
(ʃæmˈpeɪn)n
1. (Physical Geography) Also called: campagna an expanse of open level or gently undulating country
2. (Military) an obsolete word for battlefield
[C14: from Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia; see campaign]
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cham•paign
(ʃæmˈpeɪn)n.
1. level, open country; plain.
2. Obs. a battlefield.
adj. 3. level and open: champaign fields.
[1350–1400; Middle English champai(g)ne < Middle French champa(i)gne < Latin campānia; see campaign]
Cham•paign
(ʃæmˈpeɪn)n.
a city in E Illinois, adjoining Urbana. 59,150.
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| Noun | 1. |  champaign - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"flat - a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah" flood plain, floodplain - a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" llano - an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) peneplain, peneplane - a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements snowfield - a permanent wide expanse of snow steppe - extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) tundra - a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen |
| 2. | Champaign - a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana |
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