Compound (enclosure)

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Gambia

- December 1910
2) Inside compound - House and huts - Bathurst, Gambia - December 1910
3) Pig sty in compound - Bathurst, Gambia - December 1910

Compound, when applied to a human

or some other structure, or it may be formed by the buildings themselves, when they are built around an open area or joined together.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word compound in this sense is thought to be etymologically derived ultimately from the Malay-Indonesian word kampung or kampong, meaning 'enclosure' or 'village', probably entering English via Dutch or Portuguese.^[1]

In the

people in those continents:

• In Asia it refers to a collection of business establishments or living quarters, especially those used by Europeans.
• In
  shantytown. An example is Chawama Compound, Lusaka
  , Zambia.

See also

• Compound (fortification)
• Boma (enclosure)
• Kraal

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