Camp may refer to:

Areas of confinement, imprisonment, or for execution

Concentration camp A concentration camp is a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitati ...

, an internment camp for political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or minority ethnic groups *

Extermination camp Nazi Germany used six extermination camps (), also called death camps (), or killing centers (), in Central Europe, primarily in occupied Poland, during World War II to systematically murder over 2.7 million peoplemostly Jewsin the Holocau ...

, any of six Nazi death camps established for the systematic murder of over 2.7 million people * Federal prison camp, one of seven minimum-security United States federal prison facilities *

Internment Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without Criminal charge, charges or Indictment, intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects ...

camp, also called a detention camp, for imprisonment (of citizens or perceived terrorists) without conviction of any crime *

Labor camp A labor camp (or labour camp, see British and American spelling differences, spelling differences) or work camp is a detention facility where inmates are unfree labour, forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment. Labor camps have ...

, usually associated with forced or penal labor as a form of punishment *

Nazi concentration camp From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps (), including subcamp (SS), subcamps on its own territory and in parts of German-occupied Europe. The first camps were established in March 1933 immediately af ...

run by the SS in Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe. *

Prisoner-of-war camp A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as Prisoner of war, prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war. There are significant differences among POW camps, inte ...

Parole camp During the American Civil War, a parole camp was a place where Union or Confederate soldiers on parole could be kept by their own side, in a non-combat role. They could be restored to a combat role if some prisoners of war were traded to the other ...

, during the U.S. Civil war, where both sides guarded their own soldiers as prisoners of war * Subcamp, one or more outlying smaller concentration camps that came under the command of a main Nazi concentration camp.

Arts, entertainment, and media

Aesthetics

Camp (style) Camp is an Aesthetics, aesthetic and sensibility that regards something as appealing or amusing because of its heightened level of artifice, affectation and exaggeration, especially when there is also a playful or Irony, ironic element. ''Camp ...

Fashion

* '' Camp: Notes on Fashion'', a 2019 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Films

* ''Camp'' (1965 film), a 1965 underground film directed by Andy Warhol * ''Camp'' (2003 film), a 2003 independent film written and directed by Todd Graff about an upstate New York performing arts summer camp

Literature

* ''Camp'' (novel), a 2020 young adult novel by L.C. Rosen

Music

* ''Camp'' (album), a 2011 album from rapper Childish Gambino *

Camp Records Camp Records was a record label based in California in the 1960s that specialized in producing anonymous gay-themed novelty records and singles, mostly sold out of the backs of beefcake magazines. Camp Records' releases typically consisted of pa ...

, a 1960s record label that specialized in producing gay-themed novelty records and singles * "Camp", a song by Tired Lion from the 2017 album '' Dumb Days''

Television

* ''Camp'' (TV series), a 2013 American television series * "Camp", a season 3 episode of ''Servant'' (TV series)

Web series

* ''

Camp Camp ''Camp Camp'' is an American adult animated web series created by Jordan Cwierz and Miles Luna for Rooster Teeth. It revolves around the misadventures of attendants and camp counselors of Camp Campbell summer camp, in particular protagonist M ...

'', a 2016 American adult animated web series

Gatherings of people

* Camp, a

mining community A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry. Historical mining communities Australia * Ballarat, Victoria * Bendi ...

* Camp, a term commonly used in the titles of technology-related

unconference An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. The term "unconference" has been applied to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid hierarchical aspects of a conventional conference, such as sponsored presentations and top-down organizati ...

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Camp meeting The camp meeting is a form of Protestant Christian religious service originating in England and Scotland as an evangelical event in association with the communion season. It was held for worship, preaching and communion on the American frontier ...

, a Christian gathering which originated in 19th-century America *

Protest camp A protest camp or protest encampment (or just encampment) is a physical camp that is set up by activists, to either provide a base for protest, or to delay, obstruct or prevent the focus of their protest by physically blocking it with the camp. ...

a base for protest or obstruction by physically blocking a site *

Refugee camp A refugee camp is a temporary Human settlement, settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations. Refugee camps usually accommodate displaced people who have fled their home country, but camps are also made for in ...

or displaced persons camp, a temporary encampment of people who have had to leave their country due to war or other disasters

Military and athletics

Boot camp (disambiguation) Boot camp may refer to: Training programs * Boot camp (correctional), a type of correctional facility for adolescents, especially in the U.S. penal system * Boot camp, a training camp for learning various types of skills ** Military recruit tr ...

Cantonment A cantonment (, , or ) is a type of military base. In South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the British Raj). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential ...

Military camp A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent military base, for the lodging of an army. Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or operations, and often have the form of large cam ...

Training camp A training camp is an organized period in which military personnel or athletes participate in a rigorous and focused schedule of training in order to learn or improve skills. Athletes typically utilise training camps to prepare for upcoming events ...

Outdoor accommodation and recreation

Campsite Campsite, campground, and camping pitch are all related terms regarding a place used for camping (an overnight stay in an outdoor area). The usage differs between British English and American English. In British English, a ''campsite'' is an ...

or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site * Camp, a temporary settlement for

nomad Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the population of nomadic pa ...

s * Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to describe a

cottage A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager had to provide ...

Summer camp A summer camp, also known as a sleepaway camp or residential camp, is a supervised overnight program for children conducted during the summer vacation from school in many countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer residential camps ...

, typically organized for groups of children or youth *

Tent city A tent city is a temporary housing facility made using tents or other temporary structures. State governments or military organizations set up tent cities to house evacuees, refugees, or soldiers. UNICEF's Supply Division supplies expandable te ...

, a housing facility often occupied by homeless people or protesters

People

Camp (surname) Camp is an English surname taken from Latin roots. The name is found in Great Britain and in other places throughout the world settled by the English. According to the 2000 census there are fewer than 1300 Camps in the UK. The 2000 US census pu ...

Places and areas

Câmp (disambiguation) Câmp may refer to several places in Romania: * Câmp, a village in the town of Vașcău, Bihor County * Câmp, a village in Urmeniș Urmeniș () is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: C ...

, two villages in Romania *

Camp (Falkland Islands) The Camp is the term used in the Falkland Islands to refer to any part of the islands outside the islands' only significant town, Stanley, and often the large RAF base at Mount Pleasant. It is derived from the Spanish word , for " countrysi ...

, a term used in the Falkland Islands to refer to any part of the islands outside of the islands' only significant town, Stanley **

Camp (constituency) Camp is a constituency of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands which has been in existence since 1977. The constituency of Camp consists of all parts of the territory which lie more than 3.5 miles from the spire of Christ Church Cat ...

, electoral constituency in the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands *

Camp, County Kerry Camp () is a village near the Slieve Mish Mountains in County Kerry, Ireland, on the Dingle Peninsula. It is close to the Dingle Way and is a destination for tourists. History The village has been associated with the Milesians legend, thus th ...

, a village on the Dingle Peninsula, in the Republic of Ireland * Camp, Ohio, a community in the United States * Pune Camp *

Camp County, Texas Camp County is a county in the eastern part of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,464. Its seat is Pittsburg. The county was founded in 1874 and is named for John Lafayette Camp, a Texas politician. Geography According to t ...

, a county in the United States *

Camp Nou Camp Nou (), meaning ''New Field'' and often referred to in English as the Nou Camp, is a stadium in Barcelona and the home of La Liga club FC Barcelona since its opening in 1957. It is currently undergoing renovation, and with a planned increa ...

, home stadium of FC Barcelona *

Central Atlantic magmatic province The Central Atlantic magmatic province (CAMP) is the Earth's largest continental large igneous province, covering an area of roughly 11 million km2. It is composed mainly of basalt that formed before Pangaea broke up in the Mesozoic Era, near the ...

, or CAMP, a large geological formation in northwestern Africa, southwestern Europe, northeastern South America and southeastern North America

Other uses

, an ironic appreciation of that which might otherwise be considered outlandish or corny; also a description of effeminate male homosexual mannerisms and speech in British English * Camp Coffee, a concentrated coffee-flavoured syrup * T.H. ''Camp'' (shipwreck), a Lake Superior shipwreck off the coast of Wisconsin