'Campus' definitions:
Definition of 'campus'
(from WordNet)
noun
A field on which the buildings of a university are situated
Definition of 'Campus'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'campus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Campus, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.