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camp en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(US) audio
[ˈkʰæmp] without æ-raising
/ˈkeə̯mp/ (Canada, US)
/ˈkæmp/ without æ-raising
[ˈkʰɛə̯mp] (Canada, US)
[ˈkʰeə̯mp] (Canada, US)
/ˈkɛə̯mp/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

From Middle English kampe (“battlefield, open space”), from Old English camp (“battle, contest, battlefield, open space”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“open field where military exercises are held, level plain”), from Latin campus (“open field, level plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Reinforced circa 1520 by Middle French can, camp (“place where an army lodges temporarily”), from Old Northern French camp, from the same Latin (whence also French champ from Old French). Cognate with Old High German champf (“battle, struggle”) (German Kampf), Old Norse kapp (“battle”), Old High German hamf (“paralysed, maimed, mutilated”). Doublet of campus and champ. The verb is from Middle English campen, from Old English campian, compian (“to fight, war against”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampōn (“to fight, do battle”), from *kamp (“field, battlefield, battle”), see above. Cognate with Dutch kampen, German kämpfen (“to struggle”), Danish kæmpe, Swedish kämpa.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.
- There's a big camp in the woods northwest of here. It's popular with hikers and bushcrafters.
- Near-synonyms: campsite, campground, encampment
(countable, uncountable) An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
- I met my best friend last summer at camp. She lives in Albany and plays the clarinet.
- I met my girlfriend last summer at camp. You wouldn't know her — she lives in Canada.
- He used to go to summer camp every alternate year.
(countable, uncountable) A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
- Near-synonym: encampment
- Signs of enemy recon were found near their camp last week.
(countable, uncountable) A place of politically motivated confinement in outdoorsy conditions, usually also leading to slave labor and death.
- Near-synonyms: concentration camp, labor camp, reeducation camp, gulag, stalag, prison camp
- Mr. Ahn Myong-Chol was a prison guard at Camp 22 in Hoeryong and a driver at the camps. He was there between 1990 and 1994. He is the one who reported that prisoners had been used for human experimentation inside the camps. 2013 June 18, Esther Felden, “Hell on earth”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2015:
- Some say they'll round us all up into camps, but if they come for us, we'll take some out with us, on our way out.
(countable, uncountable) A single hut or shelter.
- a hunter’s camp
(collective, countable, uncountable) The company or body of persons encamped.
- The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter IX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
(collective, countable, uncountable) A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
- Near-synonyms: faction, ingroup
- She's in the camp that speaks as if all vaccines were poisons.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) An army.
- My Campe is like to Iulius Cæſars Hoſte, That neuer fought but had the victorie: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
(Australia, countable, uncountable) A site where kangaroos and other macropods rest during the day.
- ‘We must have sat down on a kangaroo camp when we boiled the billy at midday,’ I remarked irritably. Laurie laughed while I burned three kangaroo ticks from my legs. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 82:
(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncommon, uncountable) Clipping of campus
alt of campus
(countable, slang, uncountable) Any prison or prison camp.
- Lantana is a sweet camp. It's an old hospital that has been converted to a drug treatment center for prisoners. 2009, Nick Chandler, Jeanette Billings, Determined to Change: The Autobiography of Nick Chandler, page 184:
(alt-of, countable, misconstruction, uncountable) Misconstruction of clamp (“mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored”).
alt of clamp
(British, India, countable, uncountable) Anywhere that a colonist stayed when away from their permanent residence; such places collectively.
- Then the Rains came, when no one could go into camp, and the Narkarra Road was washed away by the Kasun River, and in the cup-like pastures of Kashima the cattle waded knee-deep. 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 62:
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Conflict; battle.
(countable, uncountable) An online game, in some cases roleplay, in which people compete against each other, usually in a structure similar to that of a competition show.
(collective, countable, uncountable) A colony or other group of bats.
- Her mouth opens so wide, a camp of bats could fly in. 2022, Lystra Rose, The Upwelling:
- The house owner got panic after seeing the camp of bats. 2019 December 23, Speed News Nest, “It's weird! 1700 bats invade flat and make their love nest”, in Catch News, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2026:
- The camp of bats then settled on the ceiling, hanging upside down with their beady eyes shining like stars in the torchlight. 2013, T.D. Pierce, Captain Wilder Part One, Friesen Press, page 44:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
camps	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (204)

ota اردو (base of a military group) · it accampamento (base of a military group) · hi कैंप (outdoor place) · cmn 安營 /安营 (outdoor place) · ja キャンプ (outdoor place) · ka ბანაკი (outdoor place) · pi khandhāvāra (outdoor place) · ru стоя́нка (base of a military group) · id kamp (outdoor place) · la castra (outdoor place) · et kokkutulek (organized event) · ga campa (group) · cs tábor (base of a military group) · ru кэмп (outdoor place) · el κατασκήνωση (outdoor place) · tr kamp (organized event) · mn лагерь (outdoor place) · et kamp (group) · hu tábor (group) · zdj kampi (outdoor place) · th ค่าย (outdoor place) · enm herberwe (base of a military group) · es acampada (organized event) · ro tabără (outdoor place) · et laat (organized event) · fo lega (outdoor place) · km ជំរំ (outdoor place) · fa-ira کَمْپ (outdoor place) · ms kem (outdoor place) · sl taborišče (outdoor place) · he מַחֲנֶה (base of a military group) · ug لەشكەرگاھ (outdoor place) · twf kòmpuʼúna (outdoor place) · eo kampado (organized event) · lt stovykla (outdoor place) · es almofalla (disused) (base of a military group) · ar مُخَيِّم (outdoor place) · fa-ira کَمْپ (base of a military group) · ko 수용소 (outdoor place) · et leer (organized event) · et laager (outdoor place) · uk та́бір (organized event) · et plats (outdoor place) · ug لاگېر (outdoor place) · cy gwersyll (outdoor place) · it associazione (group) · hu tábor (organized event) · cs tábor (outdoor place) · fr camp (outdoor place) · tg лагер (outdoor place) · mk камп (outdoor place) · mnw ဒၞာဲဒပ် (outdoor place) · sw kambi (organized event) · tg ӯрдугоҳ (outdoor place) · cmn 營地 /营地 (base of a military group) · cmn 營 /营 (outdoor place) · az ordugah (base of a military group) · be ла́гер (outdoor place) · it campo (outdoor place) · ru ла́герь (outdoor place) · es almahala (disused) (base of a military group) · nl kamp (outdoor place) · de Lager (group) · bg ла́гер (organized event) · az lager (outdoor place) · it consorteria (group) · hu tábor (outdoor place) · gd campa (outdoor place) · sk tábor (organized event) · bg ла́гер (outdoor place) · de Feldlager (base of a military group) · wyi wilam (outdoor place) · gl arraial (outdoor place) · th แคมป์ (outdoor place) · be ля́гер (outdoor place) · ang fierd (base of a military group) · gd campa (base of a military group) · gl acampamento (outdoor place) · ru ла́герь (base of a military group) · be ля́гер (organized event) · sk tábor (base of a military group) · enm herbergage (base of a military group) · cs tábor (organized event) · be ля́гер (group) · be ла́гер (organized event) · ja 幕営 (outdoor place) · sw kambi (outdoor place) · it formazione (group) · cmn 露營 /露营 (outdoor place) · ga campa (organized event) · pt acampados (group) · lv nometne (outdoor place) · ca campament (outdoor place) · apw gotah (outdoor place) · fa-ira اُرْدوگاه (outdoor place) · af kamp (outdoor place) · pt acampamento (outdoor place) · hy ճամբար (outdoor place) · ru ла́герь (organized event) · pt acampamento (base of a military group) · be ла́гер (group) · mk логор (outdoor place) · ru та́бор (outdoor place) · he מַחֲנֶה (group) · hy ճամբար (group) · my စခန်း (outdoor place) · sv läger (base of a military group) · ga campa (outdoor place) · sk tábor (outdoor place) · sv läger (group) · pt camping (outdoor place) · ru ке́мпинг (base of a military group) · be ля́гер (base of a military group) · it circolo (group) · tr kamp (base of a military group) · ca càmping (outdoor place) · sl kamp (outdoor place) · ko 캠프 (outdoor place) · it consorzio (group) · ja 収容所 (outdoor place) · uk та́бір (base of a military group) · ru кэмп (group) · uz qarorgoh (outdoor place) · lo ຄ້າຍ (outdoor place) · ru ба́за (base of a military group) · kk лагерь (outdoor place) · tk lager (outdoor place) · ru стан (outdoor place) · mi houpani (outdoor place) · tl limpuyok (outdoor place) · fi leiri (base of a military group) · la castra (base of a military group) · sq kamp (outdoor place) · sv läger (organized event) · pl obóz (base of a military group) · es campamento (organized event) · sh ло̑гор (outdoor place) · it accampamento (outdoor place) · el στρατόπεδο (base of a military group) · fr camp (base of a military group) · es campamento (outdoor place) · acw مُخَيَّم (outdoor place) · uk та́бір (group) · es campamento militar (base of a military group) · ro lagăr (outdoor place) · fi leiri (outdoor place) · fi leiri (group) · de Lager (outdoor place) · pl obóz (organized event) · nb leir (outdoor place) · fr campament (base of a military group) · fa-ira اُرْدوگاه (base of a military group) · ks کَمپ (base of a military group) · el καταυλισμός (outdoor place) · fi leiri (organized event) · sv läger (outdoor place) · cs tábor (group) · da lejr (outdoor place) · ca campament (base of a military group) · nn leir (outdoor place) · gl bivaque (outdoor place) · eo kampadejo (outdoor place) · uz lager (outdoor place) · hu tábor (base of a military group) · sv förläggning (base of a military group) · ms kem (base of a military group) · ur کَیمْپ (outdoor place) · az düşərgə (outdoor place) · ky лагерь (outdoor place) · egy a:f-A-i-i-pr (outdoor place) · it congrega (group) · bg ла́гер (group) · hi शिविर (outdoor place) · pl obóz (outdoor place) · ka ლაგერი (outdoor place) · sw kambi (base of a military group) · ru ла́герь (group) · es facción (group) · sk tábor (group) · pl obóz (group) · izh laageri (base of a military group) · sh та̑бор (outdoor place) · es bando (group) · yi לאַגער (outdoor place) · mk логор (base of a military group) · uk та́бір (outdoor place) · it officina (group) · ro tabără (base of a military group) · sw kambi (group) · be ла́гер (base of a military group) · tr kamp (outdoor place) · bn শিবির (outdoor place) · ga campa (base of a military group) · mn хүрээ (outdoor place) · ru кэмп (organized event) · sh tȃbor (outdoor place) · bg ла́гер (base of a military group) · pt acampamento (organized event) · sh lȏgor (outdoor place) · he מַחֲנֶה (outdoor place) · ms kem (group) · io kampeyo (outdoor place) · mnw ဒၞာဲဒပ်ပၞာန် (outdoor place) · eo tendaro (outdoor place)

camp en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(US) audio
[ˈkʰæmp] without æ-raising
/ˈkeə̯mp/ (Canada, US)
/ˈkæmp/ without æ-raising
[ˈkʰɛə̯mp] (Canada, US)
[ˈkʰeə̯mp] (Canada, US)
/ˈkɛə̯mp/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

From Middle English kampe (“battlefield, open space”), from Old English camp (“battle, contest, battlefield, open space”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“open field where military exercises are held, level plain”), from Latin campus (“open field, level plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Reinforced circa 1520 by Middle French can, camp (“place where an army lodges temporarily”), from Old Northern French camp, from the same Latin (whence also French champ from Old French). Cognate with Old High German champf (“battle, struggle”) (German Kampf), Old Norse kapp (“battle”), Old High German hamf (“paralysed, maimed, mutilated”). Doublet of campus and champ. The verb is from Middle English campen, from Old English campian, compian (“to fight, war against”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampōn (“to fight, do battle”), from *kamp (“field, battlefield, battle”), see above. Cognate with Dutch kampen, German kämpfen (“to struggle”), Danish kæmpe, Swedish kämpa.

Meanings

To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
- A few hours before sundown we camped at a small playa lake sunk beneath the level of the grass. 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 73:
- We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.
To set up a camp.
(transitive) To afford rest or lodging for.
- Had our great palace the capacity / To camp this host, we all would sup together. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene viii]:
(intransitive) To stay in an advantageous location.
- Yet, even without the three second rule, where your big man could camp underneath and take those delightful “garbage” shots, there was little or no pivot offense, no cutting off the bucket. 1962, Coach & Athlete, page 18:
- ‘So things have gone all right with a little watchfulness and the help of old Cockeye here and her buck. They camp just there, right close to the hut, and have been real faithful these last two years.’ 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 243:
- Some players like to camp next to a power-up's spawning point.
(transitive) To stay beside (something) to gain an advantage.
- Go and camp the flag for the win.
- The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
(Australia, intransitive) Of stock animals, to assemble or rest temporarily at a particular place.
- The bullocks camped in front on the big fire, with the black line of trees facing them. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 10:
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, transitive) Ellipsis of corpse camp.
alt of corpse camp
(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
- 1562, Leigh, The Accedens of Armory ː Aristotle affirmeth that Rauens will gather together on sides, and campe and fight for victorie.
(intransitive, obsolete) To wrangle; argue.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
camps	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
camping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
camped	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
camped	Tense=Past	lexicographic

Deriveds

camp out on · camp down · camp out · campability · spawn camp · cample · uncamp · campable

Translations (51)

es atendar (to set up a camp) · pt acampar (to live in a tent) · ga campáil (to set up a camp) · sv slå läger (to set up a camp) · fi leiriytyä (to set up a camp) · pt acampar (to stay in an advantageous location in a video game) · he חָנָה (to set up a camp) · eo tendumi (to live in a tent) · de zelten (to live in a tent) · pl koczować (to live in a tent) · fr camper (to live in a tent) · is campa (to stay in an advantageous location in a video game) · ru жить в пала́тке (to live in a tent) · fi telttailla (to live in a tent) · ca acampar (to set up a camp) · sv tälta (to live in a tent) · pl obozować (to live in a tent) · is kampa (to stay in an advantageous location in a video game) · io kampar (to live in a tent) · tl maghigpo (to live in a tent) · cs tábořit (to live in a tent) · pl biwakować (to live in a tent) · cho abina (to live in a tent) · uk ночувати в наметі (to live in a tent) · bg лагерувам (to live in a tent) · ca acampar (to live in a tent) · nl kamperen (to live in a tent) · sv campa (to stay in an advantageous location in a video game) · la vivo in castrum (to live in a tent) · is tjalda (to set up a camp) · fr camper (to set up a camp) · es acampar (to live in a tent) · sk stanovať (to live in a tent) · th พักแรม (to live in a tent) · el κατασκηνώνω (to live in a tent) · la facio castrum (to set up a camp) · sk kempovať (to live in a tent) · sv övernatta (to live in a tent) · sv campa (to live in a tent) · fr bivouaquer (to set up a camp) · ga campáil (to live in a tent) · cs stanovat (to live in a tent) · he דָּגַר (to stay in an advantageous location in a video game) · ja キャンプする (to live in a tent) · es campear (to stay in an advantageous location in a video game) · it campeggiare (to live in a tent) · ru располага́ться ла́герем (to set up a camp) · sk taboriť (to live in a tent) · he חָנָה (to live in a tent) · haw hoʻomoana (to live in a tent) · lv nometņot (to live in a tent)

camp en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(US) audio
[ˈkʰæmp] without æ-raising
/ˈkeə̯mp/ (Canada, US)
/ˈkæmp/ without æ-raising
[ˈkʰɛə̯mp] (Canada, US)
[ˈkʰeə̯mp] (Canada, US)
/ˈkɛə̯mp/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in a pose”), an assumed dialectal English word *camp or *kemp (“rough, uncouth”) and a derivation from camp (n.) Believed to be from Polari, but otherwise obscure.

Meanings

Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
(of a man) Ostentatiously flamboyant or effeminate.
- More recently the word has become colloquial English for either implying that someone is a homosexual (‘he's very camp’), or for describing rather outre behaviour[…] 2007, David Rothwell, Dictionary of Homonyms, Wordsworth Editions, →ISBN, page 88:
- And to be honest, in the illustration Mr Tumnus does look as camp as fuck with his little scarf tied jauntily around his neck. I suppose it isn't outside the realms of possibility that he'd just been off cottaging with some centaurs in the forest. God. 2014, Sarah Lotz, The Three, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
Intentionally tasteless or vulgar; self-parodying.
- In Saturday Night Live, Madonna also unsurprisingly played Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe, and a Joan Collins clone, all in a very camp way. As John Dean writes: “U.S. rock has a ruling camp queen with Madonna.” 2002, Georges-Claude Guilbert, Madonna as Postmodern Myth, McFarland, →ISBN, page 123:
- Here is Eurovision from a time before anyone watched it for camp value – you can’t imagine any gay bar in 1974 clearing its schedules to screen this; a Eurovision that takes itself rather seriously, a brief appearance by the Wombles notwithstanding. 2024 April 5, Alexis Petridis, “Abba, cabaret and smug marionettes: the 1974 Eurovision song contest reviewed!”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
campest	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
camper	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Antonyms

uncampy (antonym(s) of “all senses”) · uncamp (antonym(s) of “all senses”)

Coordinates

corny · silly · cheesy · hokey

Deriveds

campy · campness · camply · campish · camp it up · uncamp · camp as a row of tents

Hyponyms

camp as a row of tents (all senses)

Synonyms

campish (all senses) · campy (all senses)

Translations (24)

cs nevkusný (tasteless) · sv fjompig (tasteless) · cs zženštilý (ostentatiously effeminate) · el θηλυπρεπής (ostentatiously effeminate) · af aangeplak (ostentatiously effeminate) · ga piteogach (ostentatiously effeminate) · sv teatral (theatrical) · de tuntig (ostentatiously effeminate) · cs přehnaný (theatrical) · sk prehnaný (theatrical) · cs afektovaný (theatrical) · cs přemrštěný (theatrical) · ca amanerat (ostentatiously effeminate) · es hortera (tasteless) · cs přehrávaný (theatrical) · es amanerado (ostentatiously effeminate) · sv kitschig (theatrical) · sk teatrálny (theatrical) · es maricona (ostentatiously effeminate) · es con pluma (ostentatiously effeminate) · es maricón (ostentatiously effeminate) · sv fjollig (ostentatiously effeminate) · cs teatrální (theatrical) · el αδελφή (ostentatiously effeminate)

camp en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(US) audio
[ˈkʰæmp] without æ-raising
/ˈkeə̯mp/ (Canada, US)
/ˈkæmp/ without æ-raising
[ˈkʰɛə̯mp] (Canada, US)
[ˈkʰeə̯mp] (Canada, US)
/ˈkɛə̯mp/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in a pose”), an assumed dialectal English word *camp or *kemp (“rough, uncouth”) and a derivation from camp (n.) Believed to be from Polari, but otherwise obscure.

Meanings

(uncountable) An affected, exaggerated, or intentionally tasteless style.
- We walk a fine line, just this side of camp. Careful calculations are made. We sense that while it might be wonderful for Krystle and Alexis to have a catfight in a koi pond, it would be inappropriate for Joan to smack Linda with a koi. 1985 September 2, Joe Klein, quoting Douglas S. Cramer, “The Real Star of ‘Dynasty’”, in New York, page 34:
- Why would any Hollywood studio encourage a film's transformation into camp, in effect joining in the mockery of its own product? MGM declined to comment. 1996 March 31, Trip Gabriel, “Showgirls' Crawls Back As High Camp at Midnight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Near-synonyms: campness, campiness

Coordinates

corniness · silliness · cheesiness · hokiness

Deriveds

low camp · high camp

Synonyms

campness · campiness

Translations (10)

cmn 做作 (style) · fi camp (style) · cmn 狗血 (style) · de Kitsch (style) · es kitsch (style) · cmn 土味 (style) · fr camp (style) · cs nevkus (style) · es camp (style) · cs kýč (style)

camp en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(US) audio
[ˈkʰæmp] without æ-raising
/ˈkeə̯mp/ (Canada, US)
/ˈkæmp/ without æ-raising
[ˈkʰɛə̯mp] (Canada, US)
[ˈkʰeə̯mp] (Canada, US)
/ˈkɛə̯mp/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in a pose”), an assumed dialectal English word *camp or *kemp (“rough, uncouth”) and a derivation from camp (n.) Believed to be from Polari, but otherwise obscure.

Meanings

To behave in a camp manner.
- Oster and his two co-stars, Jamie MacKenzie and Bill Martel, boogie and bop, sway and swish, camp and croon through tightly worked production numbers addressing a range of serious (and not so serious) issues that middle class, urban gay men come up against. 1988 April 9, Gordon Gottlieb, “The Urban Gay Camp and Croon”, in Gay Community News, page 11:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
camping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
camps	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
camped	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
camped	Tense=Past	lexicographic

Descendants

camp · camp · camp

Relateds

glam · vamp

Synonyms

camp it up

camp en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

(US) audio
[ˈkʰæmp] without æ-raising
/ˈkeə̯mp/ (Canada, US)
/ˈkæmp/ without æ-raising
[ˈkʰɛə̯mp] (Canada, US)
[ˈkʰeə̯mp] (Canada, US)
/ˈkɛə̯mp/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

From Spanish campo (“countryside”).

Meanings

(countable, qualifier:Falkland Islands, slang, uncountable) The areas of the Falkland Islands situated outside the capital and largest settlement, Stanley.
(countable, slang, uncountable) An electoral constituency of the legislative assembly of the Falkland Islands that comprises all territory more than 3.5 miles from the spire of the Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley.
(countable, slang, uncountable) The pampas, which are the vast grassy areas situated in the rural areas beyond Argentine cities such as Buenos Aires.

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camps	Number=Plur		lexicographic

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