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Cham·plain (s̸ham plān′; Fr s̸hän plan′)

Champlain, Samuel de 1567-1635; Fr. explorer: founded Quebec (1608)
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Cham·plain (s̸ham plān′)

lake on the N section of the border between N.Y. and Vt.: c. 125 mi (201 km) long

Etymology: after Samuel de Champlain, who discovered it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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