How to pronounce campus
American English pronunciation
KAM-pus
- IPA
- /ˈkæmpəs/
- Syllables
- KAM · pus (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What campus means
The grounds and buildings of a college or school
In a sentence: The college campus had brick buildings, big trees and a pond full of ducks.
Where it comes from: It is the Latin word for a field. It was first used this way for Princeton University in the 1770s.
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