Cam*pa"gna (?), n. [It. See Campaing.]
An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.
⇒ Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria.
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