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champlain

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for champlain.

Editorial note

Wikipedia says the lake is 483 km², while Lake Champlain is about 3x bigger at 1,331 km².

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Meaning at a glance

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noun

A place name:

noun

A surname from French.

noun

A township in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for champlain.

noun

A place name:

noun

A surname from French.

noun

A township in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.

noun

A municipality in Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, Mauricie region, Quebec, Canada.

Example sentences

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Wikipedia says the lake is 483 km², while Lake Champlain is about 3x bigger at 1,331 km².

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People will refer to Surfside as a reason HOAs are important but the Champlain Towers was a condo.

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Ironically, Vermont along lake Champlain is another region that's likely to be highly resilient to climate change, yes.

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In June 2021, a condo building called Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida collapsed, killing 98 people.

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Read any early ethnographic account from Champlain on and you will find detailed reports of this.

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At 12 floors, the Champlain Towers South in Surfside would generally not be considered a skyscraper.

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Apply today to be a part of our inclusive and innovative community at Champlain College.

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I’ve been watching his videos since Champlain Towers South, and this was the first video that I found off-putting.

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I don't think you're going to be able to checkmate-atheist me into sticking up for the Champlain Towers building.

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I remember looking at Lake Champlain for the first time and commenting it wasn't that big.

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Millennium Tower in San Francisco, Champlain Towers South in Miami, etc.

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Does anyone else find it a little weird that the Great Salt Lake is shown on the map but Lake Champlain and Lake of the Woods are not?

Quote examples

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Very sadly, I'd assume the "can't agree" deadlock will persist until there's a major collapse, à la Champlain Towers South.

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(See "Building Integrity" on YouTube for a particularly good series) Turkey has suffered thousands of Champlain collapses.

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(We use "buffalo" for bison due to Samuel de Champlain use in 1616 of the French name "buffle" for the distantly related members of the Bubalina subfamily.) I do not know why we use "frog legs" instead of a French word.

Proper noun examples

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Champlain Towers South in Surfside was only 30 years old when it collapsed.

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(Very scenic route, right down the shore of Lake Champlain.) The border-crossing inspection happened in Vermont, outside St.

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Chesapeake Bay, Lake Champlain, Great Lakes...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use champlain in a sentence?

Wikipedia says the lake is 483 km², while Lake Champlain is about 3x bigger at 1,331 km².

What does champlain mean?

A place name:

What part of speech is champlain?

champlain is commonly used as noun.