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–noun, plural -pus·es.

1.	the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.

2.	a college or university: The large influx of older students radically changed many campuses throughout the country.

3.	a division of a university that has its own grounds, buildings, and faculty but is administratively joined to the rest of the university.

4.	the world of higher education: Foundation grants have had a marked effect on the character of the American campus.

5.	a large, usually suburban, landscaped business or industrial site.

[Origin: 1765–75, Americanism; < L: flat place, field, plain

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n. pl. cam·pus·es

The grounds of a school, college, university, or hospital.
A college or university: campuses that are located across the state.

[Latin, field.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
campus

1774, from L. campus "a field," probably prop. "an expanse surrounded" (by woods, higher ground, etc.), from PIE *kampos "a corner, cove," from base *kamp- "to bend" (cf. Lith. kampus "corner," Pol. kepa "island in a river"). First used in college sense at Princeton.

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campus
noun
a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
campus [ˈkӕmpəs] noun

college or university grounds
Example: The new library was built in the centre of the campus.

Arabic:	حَرَمُ الجامِعَه
Chinese (Simplified):	校园
Chinese (Traditional):	校園
Czech:	školní areál
Danish:	universitetsområde; campus
Dutch:	campus
Estonian:	ülikoolilinnak
Finnish:	kampus, korkeakoulualue
French:	campus
German:	der Campus
Greek:	πανεπιστημιούπολη
Hungarian:	az egyetem területe
Icelandic:	(há)skólalóð
Indonesian:	kampus
Italian:	campus

Japanese:	学校の構内
Korean:	캠퍼스
Latvian:	universitātes teritorija, *pilsētiņa
Lithuanian:	universiteto, koledžo teritorija, miestelis
Norwegian:	høyskole-, *universitetsområde
Polish:	miasteczko uniwersyteckie
Portuguese (Brazil):	campus
Portuguese (Portugal):	campus
Romanian:	campus
Russian:	кампус
Slovak:	školský areál
Slovenian:	univerzitetno naselje
Spanish:	recinto universitario, campus
Swedish:	collegeområde, campus
Turkish:	kampüs

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Campus, IL (village, FIPS 10916) Location: 41.02481 N, 88.30792 W
Population (1990): 137 (57 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Ogontz Campus, PA Zip code(s): 19001

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Campus

Cam"pus\, n. [L., a field.] The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

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