Etymology

Champlain Valley

Today it means: A north–south running valley surrounding Lake Champlain, in upstate New York State, Vermont and southern Quebec, spanning the United States and Canada, mostly lying within the U.S.; separating the Adirondacks from the Green Mountains and Appalachians. Full definition →

French Champlain
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The story

  1. French · derived fromChamplain
  2. English todayChamplain Valley

From Champlain (“Lake Champlain”) + valley. Named after the lake, and thence after Samuel de Champlain, French explorer. From French Champlain.

Words from the same roots

FrenchChamplain all →

ChamplainLake Champlain

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.