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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Champaign \Cham*paign"\, n. [OF. champaigne; same word as
     campagne.]
     A flat, open country.
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           Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. --Milton.


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           Through Apline vale or champaign wide.   --Wordsworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Champaign \Cham*paign"\, a.
     Flat; open; level.
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           A wide, champaign country, filled with herds.
                                                    --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  champaign
       n 1: extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the
            woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields
            of his youth" [syn: {plain}, {field}]
       2: a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "champaign":
     alkali flat, alluvial plain, bailiwick, basin, bottomland,
     bushveld, campo, champaign country, coastal plain, delta, demesne,
     desert, domain, dominion, down, downs, fell, flat, flat country,
     flatland, flats, grass veld, grassland, heath, lande, level, llano,
     lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare, mesa, mesilla, moor, moorland,
     open country, pampa, pampas, peneplain, plain, plains, plateau,
     playa, prairie, province, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, savanna,
     sebkha, sphere, steppe, table, tableland, terrain, territory,
     tree veld, tundra, upland, vega, veld, walk, weald,
     wide-open spaces, wold
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Champaign, IL (city, FIPS 12385)
    Location: 40.11300 N, 88.26495 W
    Population (1990): 63502 (25996 housing units)
    Area: 33.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 61820, 61821

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Champaign -- U.S. County in Illinois
     Population (2000):    179669
     Housing Units (2000): 75280
     Land area (2000):     996.805938 sq. miles (2581.715418 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.726315 sq. miles (1.881148 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    997.532253 sq. miles (2583.596566 sq. km)
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             40.136824 N, 88.216752 W
     Headwords:
      Champaign
      Champaign, IL
      Champaign County
      Champaign County, IL
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Champaign -- U.S. County in Ohio
     Population (2000):    38890
     Housing Units (2000): 15890
     Land area (2000):     428.559933 sq. miles (1109.965084 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    1.146319 sq. miles (2.968952 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    429.706252 sq. miles (1112.934036 sq. km)
     Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
     Location:             40.127656 N, 83.770972 W
     Headwords:
      Champaign
      Champaign, OH
      Champaign County
      Champaign County, OH
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Champaign, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
     Population (2000):    67518
     Housing Units (2000): 28556
     Land area (2000):     16.987175 sq. miles (43.996580 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.022970 sq. miles (0.059492 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    17.010145 sq. miles (44.056072 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            12385
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             40.112981 N, 88.261227 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     61820 61821
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Champaign, IL
      Champaign
  

















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