Campania
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Open country. obsolete
"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."
- 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.
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Italian Campania, borrowed from Latin Campānia. Doublet of Champagne.
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.
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