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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Champagne \Cham*pagne"\, noun [F. See {Champaign}.] A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France.
Note: Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of sparkling but of still wines; but in America the term is usually restricted to wines which effervesce.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
champagne
noun
1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there [syn: {bubbly}]
2: a region of northeastern France [syn: {Champagne-Ardenne}]
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