CHAMPLAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Champlain mean? 

• CHAMPLAIN (noun)
  The noun CHAMPLAIN has 2 senses:

1. French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)

2. 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

  Familiarity information: CHAMPLAIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAMPLAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Champlain; Samuel de Champlain

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Champlain; Lake Champlain

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Holonyms ("Champlain" is a part of...):

Quebec (the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British)

Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Green Mountain State; Vermont; VT; Vt. (a state in New England)