Camp
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"Instead of aiming at timelessness, camp wants to live only a short life." --"Notes on "Camp"", Susan Sontag "Camp is an ironic appreciation of that which might otherwise be considered outlandish or corny."--Sholem Stein |
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Camp or encampment may refer to:
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Outdoor accommodation and recreation
- Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site
- 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
- Tent city, a housing facility often occupied by homeless people or protesters
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Gatherings of people
- Camp meeting, a Christian gathering which originated in 19th century America.
- Temporary settlement of a band of hunter-gatherer peoples
- A term commonly used in the titles of technology-related unconferences, such as Foo Camp and BarCamp
- Displaced Persons camp
- Refugee camp, a temporary encampment for displaced people
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Areas of imprisonment or confinement
- Internment camp, also called a concentration camp, resettlement camp, relocation camp, or detention camp
- Extermination camp
- Labor camp
- Prisoner-of-war camp
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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, two villages in Romania
- A village on the Dingle Peninsula, in the Republic of Ireland
- The Camp, a village in Gloucestershire
- The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province
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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
- Camp Mulla, a Kenyan hip hop group
- Camp (album), a 2011 album from rapper Childish Gambino
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Military
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Other uses
- Camp (style), an ironic appreciation of that which might otherwise be considered outlandish or corny
- cAMP, Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
- CAMP, cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides
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See also
- Camp Coffee
- Camp (surname)
- CAMP (disambiguation), the acronym
- CAMPS, missile defense system for civilian aircraft
- Camper (disambiguation)
- Camping (disambiguation)
- Campus
- Kemp (disambiguation)
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