campagna

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian campagna, from Late Latin campānia. Doublet of champagne, campaign, and campania.

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Noun[edit]

campagna (plural campagnas or campagne)

  1. (dated) A flat stretch of countryside; open rural plain.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin campānia (whence also Spanish campaña, Portuguese and Occitan campanha, French champagne), from campāneus, based on Latin campus (level field). Doublet of champagne, borrowed from French.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kamˈpaɲ.ɲa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲɲa
  • Hyphenation: cam‧pà‧gna

Noun[edit]

campagna f (plural campagne)

  1. rural area: country, countryside
  2. cultivated land: farmland, land
  3. (figurative) campaign
  4. (heraldry) base; lower part of the field

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: campagna
  • French: campagne (see there for further descendants)
  • Turkish: kampanya

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