champaign
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champaign¹
- /ˈʃæmpeɪn/
Rhymes with -eɪn
Where it comes from
From Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia.
noun champaigns · champeyne · champaine · champagne · champain
- Open countryside, or an area of open countryside. Thenne ſyre Gawayne was ſore greued with theſe wordes / and pulled oute his ſwerd and ſmote of his hede / And therwith torned theyr horſes and rode ouer waters and thurgh woodes tyl they came to theyre buſſhement / where as ſyr Lyonel and ſyr Bedeuer were houyng / The romayns folowed faſt after on h
- A battlefield.
Similar: champian
adjective more champaign · most champaign · champeyne · champaine · champagne · champain
- Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat. They are ſeated alongſt the ſea-coaſt, encompaſſed toward the land with huge and ſteepie mountains, having betweene both, a hundred leagues or there abouts of open and champaine ground.
Similar: champian
Champaign²
- /ˌʃæmˈpeɪn/
proper noun
- A city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: field, plain, urbana, market-place, outdoors, plage, climate, chapparal, pale, chapparel, magazine, archness, arcadianism, farm-yard, charitie, prairieland
noun
Similar: champian
adjective
Similar: champian
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noun open countryside
| Ελληνικά | κάμπος kámpos, ύπαιθρος ýpaithros |
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| Русский | откры́тое по́ле otkrýtoje póle, равни́на ravnína |
noun battlefield
| Русский | по́ле би́твы póle bítvy |
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title = {champaign},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/champaign},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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