Champlain

[ sham-pleyn; French shahn-plan ]

noun

1. Sa·mu·el de [sam, -yoo-, uh, l d, uh, s, a, -m, y, -, el, d, uh], 1567–1635, French explorer in the Americas: founder of Quebec; first colonial governor 1633–35.
2. Lake, a lake between New York and Vermont. 125 miles (200 km) long; about 600 sq. mi. (1,550 sq. km).

Champlain

¹

/ ʃæmˈpleɪn; ʃɑ̃plɛ̃ /

noun

1. ChamplainSamuel de?15671635MFrenchTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorerPOLITICS: administrator Samuel de (samyɛl də). ?1567–1635, French explorer; founder of Quebec (1608) and governor of New France (1633–35)

Champlain

²

/ ʃæmˈpleɪn /

noun

1. Lake Champlain
   a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times

Example Sentences

My writer’s group had rented a lake house in Vermont this past June on an island in the middle of Lake Champlain, where shorebirds and ducklings paddled past.

From Los Angeles Times

Walsh was raised on Lake Champlain in Swanton, Vermont, just a few miles from the U.S.-Canadian border, where his grandfather, father and brother worked as customs officers.

From Seattle Times

As temperatures soared, a sister tournament on Lake Champlain in Vermont was canceled.

From Seattle Times

And on Dec. 14, authorities found the body of a 33-year-old woman from Mexico who was five months pregnant in the Great Chazy River in Champlain.

From Seattle Times

At Lake Champlain Chocolates, the owners take shifts stacking boxes in the warehouse.

From New York Times