campagna

See also: Campagna

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæmˈpɑːnjə/

Noun

campagna (plural campagnas or campagne)

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

Italian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /kamˈpaɲ.ɲa/

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• Rhymes: -aɲɲa
• Hyphenation: cam‧pà‧gna

Noun

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

Related terms

• campagna elettorale
• campagnola
• campagnolo
• Campania
• campo

 

Descendants

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

See also

• rurale

Further reading

• campagna on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it