English

Noun

1. any flowering plant of the genus Lychnis.
2. any flowering plant of the genus Silene.

Translations

Lychnis:

• German: Pechnelke

Silene:

• German: Leimkraut

Biology

• Silene dioica, or red campion, a native European flower
• Silene latifolia, or white campion, a flower found in Europe, Africa and western Asia

Family name and famous people

• Campion (surname)

Business and commerce

• Campion (boats), Canadian manufacturer of boats
• Campion's pub in Balgriffin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
• Campion Property Consultants in Dublin, Ireland

Television

• Campion (TV series), a BBC television series (1989-1990)

Places

• Campion, Colorado, United States

Education

• Campion College, Old Toongabbie, Australia
• Campion College, Kingston, Jamaica
• Campion College (Regina, Canada)
• Campion College, Gisborne, New Zealand
• Campion Hall, Oxford
• Campion School (several)

Fiction

• Albert Campion, a fictional detective
• Campion Bond, a minor character in the comic versions of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• Campion (Watership Down), a rabbit from the novel Watership Down by Richard Adams
• Theron Campion (The Fall of the Kings), one of the two pivotal characters in Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman's "The Fall of the Kings"