5 definitions found 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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