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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Campus \Cam"pus\, n. [L., a field.]
     1. The principal grounds of a college or school, between the
        buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college
        campus.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. a college or university.
        [PJC]
  
     3. a division of a university with its own buildings and a
        separate faculty, especially one separated geographically
        from other divisiona, but sharing top administration with
        other units of the university; as, the Newark campus of
        Rutgers.
        [PJC]
  
     4. higher education considered as a whole; as, the financial
        effects of research cutbacks on the campus.
        [PJC]
  
     5. a business site with pleasant landscaping; as, the Squibb
        research campus at Princeton.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  campus
       n : a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "campus":
     agora, amphitheater, arena, athletic field, auditorium, background,
     bear garden, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, canvas, circus,
     classroom building, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, course, field,
     floor, forum, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, hippodrome, lists,
     little red schoolhouse, locale, marketplace, mat, milieu,
     open forum, palaestra, parade ground, pit, place, platform,
     precinct, prize ring, public square, purlieu, range, ring, scene,
     scene of action, scenery, school building, schoolhouse, setting,
     site, sphere, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set,
     stage setting, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, walk,
     wrestling ring
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Campus, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
     Population (2000):    145
     Housing Units (2000): 45
     Land area (2000):     0.099373 sq. miles (0.257376 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.099373 sq. miles (0.257376 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            10916
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             41.023691 N, 88.306503 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Campus, IL
      Campus
  

















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