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campania

campania noun: open country.

Noun

campania (plural campanias)

  1. (obsolete) Open country.
    • The contrary of all this happens in Countries thin inhabited, and eſpecially in vaſt Campania’s, ſuch as are extended through Aſia and Africk, where there are few Cities, beſides what grow by the Reſidence of the Kings or their Governours.1679, William Temple, “An Essay upon the Original and Nature of Government. […]”, in Miscellanea. […], London: […] A. M. and R. R. for Edw[ard] Gellibrand, […], →OCLC, page 52

Proper noun capitalized: Campania

Campania

  1. An administrative region of southern Italy.
  2. A town in the City of Clarence and the Southern Midlands council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Forms of campania

pluralcampanias

Origin of campania

From Italian campagna, respelled after its etymon Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”) (compare the region Campania), from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of campaign, campagna, and champagne.

From Italian Campania, borrowed from Latin Campānia. Doublet of Champagne.

Words formed from campania

Questions about campania

What does campania mean?
Campania means open country.
What part of speech is campania?
Campania can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of campania?
The plural of campania is campanias.

Words near campania in the dictionary

  1. campanero
  2. campaneros
  3. campanes
  4. Campanhã
  5. Campani
  6. campania
  7. Campanian
  8. Campanians
  9. campanias
  10. campaniform
  11. campanile

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