Associations to the word «Champlain»

Wiktionary

CHAMPLAIN, proper noun. A surname​ from a French topographic name from words meaning field and flat.
CHAMPLAIN, proper noun. Samuel de Champlain, French geographer and explorer.

Dictionary definition

CHAMPLAIN, noun. French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635).
CHAMPLAIN, noun. A lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812.

Wise words

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