[syn: Champagne, Champagne-Ardenne]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Champagne \Cham*pagne"\, n. [F. See Champaign.]
A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the
province of Champagne, in France.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of
sparkling but of still wines; but in America the term
is usually restricted to wines which effervesce.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
champagne
n 1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or
resembling that produced there [syn: champagne, bubbly]
2: a region of northeastern France [syn: Champagne,
Champagne-Ardenne]