Camp

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Camp may mean:

Gatherings of people:

• Campsite, recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site
• Temporary settlement of a band of foragers.
• A cottage used as a summer residence, especially in summer colony areas
• Summer camp, typically organized for groups of children or youth
• Military camp, cantonment
• Labor camp, concentration camp, relocation camp, prisoner of war camp, or death camp
• Resources camp erected for logging, fishing, mining, etc.

Proper-noun meanings:

• Camp (film)
• Câmp, Romania, a town
• Camp is also a place in the Republic of Ireland (it can be found between Dingle Bay and Tralee)
• Camp Records, a record label

Miscellaneous:

• Camp (style), an ironic appreciation of that which might otherwise be considered outlandish or corny
• On the Falkland Islands, slang for "everywhere except Stanley", from Spanish campo = "countryside".
• Alluding to obvious signs of stereotypical homosexual behaviour.
• cAMP, Cyclic adenosine monophosphate

[edit] Surname

• Colleen Camp (1953–), American actor
• Dalton Camp (1920–2002), Canadian politician and commentator
• David Lee Camp (1953–), American politician
• Hamilton Camp (1934–2005), English-American singer, songwriter and actor
• Jeremy Camp (1978–), American Christian musician
• Jesse Camp (1979–), American music television presenter
• Lee Camp (1984–), English football (soccer) player
• Maxime Du Camp (1822–94), French writer and photographer
• L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000), American science fiction author
• Walter Camp (1859–1925), American football coach and sports writer

[edit] See also

• CAMP
• Camping (disambiguation)
• BarCamp (a sleep-over unconference)
• FooCamp (an invite-only unconference)
• Kemp