Meaning of CHAMPAIGN
| Pronunciation: | | sham'peyn, sham'peyn
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- [n] a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana
- [n] extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
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| | See Also: | | dry land, earth, flat, ground, IL, Illinois, land, Land of Lincoln, llano, moor, moorland, Olympia, Prairie State, snowfield, solid ground, steppe, terra firma, town, tundra | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cham*paign"\, n. [OF. champaigne; same word as
campagne.]
A flat, open country.
Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. --Milton.
Through Apline vale or champaign wide. --Wordsworth.
\Cham*paign"\, a.
Flat; open; level.
A wide, champaign country, filled with herds.
--Addison.
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| | Related Terms: | | alkali flat, alluvial plain, bailiwick, basin, bottomland, bushveld, campo, champaign country, coastal plain, delta, demesne, desert, domain, dominion, down, downs, fell, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, grass veld, grassland, heath, lande, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare, mesa, mesilla, moor, moorland, open country, pampa, pampas, peneplain, plain, plains, plateau, playa, prairie, province, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, savanna, sebkha, sphere, steppe, table, tableland, terrain, territory, tree veld, tundra, upland, vega, veld, walk, weald, wide-open spaces, wold |
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