Dictionary Definition
champagne
Noun
1 a white sparkling wine either produced in
Champagne or resembling that produced there [syn: bubbly]
2 a region of northeastern France [syn: Champagne-Ardenne]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, /S
Extensive Definition
Champagne may refer
to:
- Champagne, France, an administrative region in France, formerly ruled by the Count of Champagne
- Champagne (wine region), a wine region in France notable for producing the sparkling wine
- Champagne (wine), a sparkling wine
- Champagne production, the making of champagne
- Champagne (film), a 1928 film by Alfred Hitchcock
- Champagne (color), several shades of yellow or beige
- Champagne fairs, medieval trade fairs
- First Battle of Champagne (December 1914 – March 1915)
- Second Battle of Champagne (September–October 1915)
- Third Battle of Champagne, better known as the Second Battle of the Aisne (April 1917)
- A song in the 1975 film Tommy, based on the rock opera of the same name by The Who
- Champaign (band), soft rock band best known for their 1981 hit "How 'Bout Us"
Champagne is also the name or
part of the name of several places:
In Switzerland:
In France:
- Champagne, in the Ardèche département
- Champagne, in the Charente-Maritime département
- Champagne, in the Eure-et-Loir département
- Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or, in the Rhône département
- Champagne-en-Valromey, in the Ain département
- Champagne-et-Fontaine, in the Dordogne département
- Champagne-Mouton, in the Charente département
- Champagne-sur-Loue, in the Jura département
- Champagne-sur-Oise, in the Val-d'Oise département
- Champagne-sur-Seine, in the Seine-et-Marne département
- Champagne-sur-Vingeanne, in the Côte-d'Or département
- Champagne-Vigny, in the Charente département
- Champagné, in the Sarthe département
- Champagné-le-Sec, in the Vienne département
- Champagné-les-Marais, in the Vendée département
- Champagné-Saint-Hilaire, in the Vienne département
In the United States:
champagne in Breton:
Champagn
champagne in German:
Champagne (Begriffsklärung)
champagne in Spanish:
Champagne
champagne in French:
Champagne
champagne in Indonesian:
Champagne
champagne in Italian:
Champagne (disambigua)
champagne in Luxembourgish:
Champagne
champagne in Dutch:
Champagne
champagne in Polish:
Champagne
champagne in Portuguese:
Champagne
champagne in Simple English:
Champagne