English

Etymology
From Old (and modern) French champagne.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'ʧæmpeɪn/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪn|-eɪn

Noun
en-noun

1. geography open countryside, or an area of open countryside

#:*1605: Of all these bounds even from this line to this, / With shadowy forests and with champaigns riched, / With plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads, / We make thee lady. � William Shakespeare, King Lear, I.i

Related terms
champagne

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