Cham·paign (sh m-p n ) A city of east-central Illinois adjoining Urbana. Founded in 1855 with the coming of the railroad, it is a commercial and industrial center in a fertile farm area. Population: 73,700. |
| cham·paign (shäm-pn) n. A stretch of level and open country; a plain. [Middle English champain, from Old French champainge, from Late Latin camp nia; see campaign.]cham·paign adj. |
champaign [ʃæmˈpeɪn]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Also called campagna an expanse of open level or gently undulating country
2. (Military) an obsolete word for battlefield
[from Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia; see campaign]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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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