campagna

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian campagna, from Late Latin campānia.

Noun

campagna (plural campagne)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamˈpa.ɲːa/, [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. campaign
4. (heraldry) base; lower part of the field