Definition of champaign Champaign

/ʧæmpejˈn/ - [chatmpeyn] - cham•paign

We found 9 definitions of champaign from 5 different sources.

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What does champaign mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

champaign - a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana
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"
  plain, field
  dry land, solid ground, terra firma, earth, ground, land the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it was hell on earth"
  flat scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
  flood plain, floodplain a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
  llano an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)
  moorland, moor open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
  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)
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • champaign (Noun)
    Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
  • champaign (Noun)
    A battlefield.
  • champaign (Adjective)
    Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • champaign (n.)
    A flat, open country.
  • champaign (a.)
    Flat; open; level.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • champaign
    sham-pān′, adj. level, open.—n. an open, level country.—n. Champ (her.), the field of a shield.—The Champagne, level land. [A doublet of Campaign, from O. Fr. champaigne—L. campania, a plain.]

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