Champlain

American  

[sham-pleyn, shahn-plan] / ʃæmˈpleɪn, ʃɑ̃ˈplɛ̃ /

noun

1. Samuel de 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).

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Champlain ¹ British  

/ ʃæmˈpleɪn /

noun

1. 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

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Champlain ² British  

/ ʃæmˈpleɪn, ʃɑ̃plɛ̃ /

noun

1. Samuel de (samyɛl də). ?1567–1635, French explorer; founder of Quebec (1608) and governor of New France (1633–35)

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Example Sentences

That number is expected to rise to 30 by the time the Class of 2031 graduates, according to the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

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 • Aug. 19, 2024

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

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2023

The Border Patrol says it caught Mr. Corrales-Ramirez near Champlain in March and turned him over to the New York State Police.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2023

I swam, and the waters of Champlain were so cool that they warmed, so chill they were as coals.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson