Meaning and background
The story behind Champion
Champion is an English word with two overlapping histories: it first referred to a combatant or someone fighting for another person's cause, and later became the familiar term for a contest winner. Its Old French ancestor leads back to a Latin expression for fighting in the field. As a dog name, the triumphant modern sense is obvious, but that is not the only historically documented meaning.
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About Champion
Recorded as a dog’s name
Champion appears in 15 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/tʃæmpiən/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/tʃæmpiən/ · primary stress on syllable 1CH AE1 M P IY0 AH0 N
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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