CHAMPAIGN

Champaign

(noun) a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana

plain, field, champaign

(noun) extensive tract of level open land; “they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain”; “he longed for the fields of his youth”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

champaign (plural champaigns)

(geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.

(obsolete) A battlefield.

Adjective

champaign (comparative more champaign, superlative most champaign)

Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.

Proper noun

Champaign

A city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

Source: Wiktionary


Cham*paign", n. Etym: [OF. champaigne; same word as campagne.]

Definition: A flat, open country. Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. Milton. Through Apline vale or champaign wide. Wordsworth.

Cham*paign", a.

Definition: Flat; open; level. A wide, champaign country, filled with herds. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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