campus

campus
noun /ˈkæm.pʊs/
a) The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.

The campus is sixty hectares in size.

b) An institution of higher education and its ambiance.

During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.

See Also: camp, campi

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