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)
- (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/
Audio (IT) (file) - Rhymes: -aɲɲa
- Hyphenation: cam‧pà‧gna
Noun
campagna f (plural campagne)
- rural area: country, countryside
- cultivated land: farmland, land
- (figuratively) campaign
- (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