'Champaign' definitions:

Definition of 'champaign'

From: WordNet
noun
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, champaign]
noun
A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana

Definition of 'Champaign'

From: GCIDE
  • Champaign \Cham*paign"\, n. [OF. champaigne; same word as campagne.] A flat, open country. [1913 Webster]
  • Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Through Apline vale or champaign wide. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Champaign'

From: GCIDE
  • Champaign \Cham*paign"\, a. Flat; open; level. [1913 Webster]
  • A wide, champaign country, filled with herds. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'champaign'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Champaign, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.

Champaign -- U.S. County in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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

Champaign -- U.S. County in Ohio

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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