Italian

Etymology

Latin campus. Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Portuguese campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Noun

1. field (agricultural, sports or battle)

Derived terms

• campo d'aviazione - airfield
• campo di calcio - football pitch
• campo di concentramento - concentration camp
• campo da cricket - cricket pitch
• campo da golf - golf course
• campo di battaglia - battlefield
• campo di grano - cornfield
• campo da tennis - tennis court
• campo di visibilità field of visibility
• campo giochi - play area
• campo lungo - longshot (film)
• campo petrolifero - oilfield

Verb

campo

1. Form of First-person singular present tense, campare

Portuguese

Etymology

Latin campus. Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Italian campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Noun

campo (plural: campos)

1. The country; the countryside

Usage notes

• No campo, é tranquilo - In the countryside, it's peaceful

Related terms

• Cidade - City
• Mar - Sea(side)

Spanish

Etymology

Latin campus. Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Italian campo, Portuguese campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Tetum kampu.

Pronunciation

/'kampo/

Noun

es-noun-m campo

1. countryside, country

Usage notes

• En el campo, es tranquilo - In the countryside, it's peaceful
• Campo is a false friend, and does not mean "camp". The word for "camp" in Spanish is campamento (as in "summer camp") or acampar (as in "to camp").

See also

• ciudad - City
• mar - Sea(side)

Campo is Italian, Portuguese and Spanish for "field".

There are a number of places that have the name Campo:

In Africa

• Campo, Cameroon

In Europe

Italy

• Campo Calabro, in the province of Reggio Calabria
• Campo di Giove, in the province of L'Aquila
• Campo di Trens, in the province of Bolzano-Bozen
• Campo Ligure, in the province of Genoa
• Campo nell'Elba, in the province of Livorno
• Campo San Martino, in the province of Padua
• Campo Tures, in the province of Bolzano-Bozen

Agriculture in Italy

Generally a campo is an area of land assigned to agriculture or activities sport.

They are called campo some old units of measurement agricultural use in the territories of the old Republic of Venice, such as:

Portugal

• Campo (Barcelos), a freguesia in the municipality of Barcelos Portugal
• Campo (Reguengos de Monsaraz), a parish in the municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz
• Campo (São Martinho)
• Campo (Valongo), a parish in the municipality of Valongo
• Campo (Viseu), a parish in the municipality of Viseu

See also Campo de Víboras, a parish freguesia in the municipality of Vimioso

France

• Campo, Corse-du-Sud, a commune in the island of Corsica

Spain

• Campo, Spain, a municipality in the province of Huesca.

Switzerland

• Campo Blenio
• Campo, Vallemaggia

In North America

• Campo, California
• Campo, Colorado
• Campolindo High School (known as "Campo"), Moraga, California
• Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) in Texas

People

• Ivan Campo, a footballer
• David Campese (nicknamed "Campo"), Australian rugby union footballer

See also

• Campos (disambiguation page)

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