Campagna
[kæm'pɑ:njә]
Definition
(n.) An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.
Edited by Johanna
Examples
- I would go to America, and see, and learn, and return to the Campagna and stand before my countrymen an illustrious discoverer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Ah, if I were only a habitant of the Campagna five and twenty miles from Rome! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- My only companion was a dog, a shaggy fellow, half water and half shepherd's dog, whom I found tending sheep in the Campagna. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Edited by Johanna