Camp

Camp

Camp or encampment may refer to:

Outdoor accommodation and recreation

* Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site
* Resources camp erected for logging, fishing, mining, etc.
* Summer camp, typically organized for groups of children or youth
* A term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to describe a cottage

Gatherings of people

* Camp meeting, a Christian gathering which originated in 19th century America.
* Temporary settlement of a band of hunter-gatherer peoples
* Displaced persons camp

Areas of imprisonment or confinement

* Concentration camp
* Death camp
* Labor camp
* Prisoner of war camp
* Relocation camp
* Refugee camp, a temporary encampment for displaced people

Geographical locations

* Camp (Falkland Islands), a term used in the Falkland Islands to refer to any part of the islands outside of the islands' only significant town, Stanley.
* Câmp, Romania, a town
* A village on the Dingle Peninsula, in the Republic of Ireland

Entertainment

* "Camp (film)", a 2003 independent film, written and directed by Todd Graff, about an upstate New York performing arts summer camp
* Camp Records, a 1960s record label that specialized in producing gay-themed novelty records and singles

Military

* Cantonment
* Military camp

Other uses

* Camp (style), an ironic appreciation of that which might otherwise be considered outlandish or corny
* cAMP, Cyclic adenosine monophosphate

ee also

* Camp Coffee
* Camp (surname)
* CAMP, the acronym
* CAMPS, missile defense system for civilian aircraft
* Camper
* Camping (disambiguation)
* Campus
* BarCamp, a sleep-over unconference
* FooCamp, an invite-only unconference
* Kemp


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  • camp — camp …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • camp — [ kɑ̃ ] n. m. • fin XVe lit de can; forme normanno picarde ou provenç. de champ; lat. campus I ♦ 1 ♦ Zone provisoirement ou en permanence réservée pour les rassemblements de troupes de toutes armes, soit pour des manœuvres, des exercices (camp d… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • câmp — CÂMP, câmpuri, s.n. şi (1, astăzi mai ales în expr.) câmpi, s.m. 1. Întindere vastă de pământ fără accidente însemnate de teren; şes, câmpie; spec. întindere de pământ cultivată, semănată; totalitatea ogoarelor din jurul unei comune. ♢ Munca… …   Dicționar Român

  • camp — CAMP. subst. masc. Le lieu où une armée se loge en ordre. Camp retranché, ouvert, fortifié. Camp bien ordonné. Camp avantageux. Dans tous les quartiers du camp. Il a mis, il a posé son camp. en tel endroit. À la tête du camp. La garde du camp. Se …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Camp — (k[a^]mp), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. {Campaign}, {Champ}, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Camp X — was the unofficial name of a Second World War paramilitary and commando training installation, on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario between Whitby and Oshawa in Ontario, Canada. The area is known today as Intrepid Park, after the code name… …   Wikipedia

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