Champaign

Illini campus city

Champaign is an archaic or literary word for open, level country—flat expanses of farmland or prairie without forests or hills: The army crossed the broad champaign.

The word shares roots with campaign (military operations conducted across open terrain) and champagne (wine from France's flat Champagne region).

Now rarely used outside place names like Champaign, Illinois.

geographic

Illinois

Midwestern state, sixth-largest

Midwest · cornfields · Big Ten · college town · flatland · twin cities · county seat · heartland · downstate · agricultural

academic

engineering

Designing functional systems scientifically

dorms · graduation · library · lectures · quad · alma mater · scholarships · fraternities · sororities · undergraduate

cultural

theater

Venue for live drama

  • festivalsOrganized communal celebrations
  • concertsLive musical performances
  • artHuman creative expression

music venues · performances · galleries · nightlife · restaurants · bars · entertainment · local bands · community events · farmers market

Opposites
urban character

ChampaignNew York City

America's largest city

Los Angeles · Chicago · metropolis · global city · megalopolis

geographic region

ChampaignSan Francisco

Northern California metropolis

Miami · Seattle · Boston · Los Angeles · New York City

urban-rural character

Champaignfarmland

Agricultural terrain

countryside · Mahomet

Family

campaign, camp, campus, champagne, champion, campo, encamp, encampment, decamp

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G