(ˈ)sham|pān, -aam- noun
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Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French, fr Champagne, region (formerly province) of northeastern France where it was first produced, from Late Latin campania level country
1. : a white sparkling wine that undergoes one fermentation in a cask and a second fermentation in a bottle, the latter generating carbon dioxide that makes the wine sparkle
2. : a wine of the champagne type ; broadly : an effervescent white wine
3. : a pale orange yellow to light grayish yellowish brown — called also belleek