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<h2 id="notable-quadrangles">Notable quadrangles</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Woodburn_Circle/JQYyo0LG">Woodburn Circle</a>, <a href="/facts/West_Virginia_University/Y9vryqWJ">West Virginia University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Blue_Boar_Quadrangle/3cTTU5lX">Blue Boar Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/Christ_Church,_Oxford/2NYXMk3T">Christ Church, Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_Quadrangle/skT531QK">Francis Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Missouri/Ss7ITAmw">University of Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Memorial_Quadrangle/Gck8W89c">Memorial Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mob_Quad/w6wakRFl">Mob Quad</a>, <a href="/facts/Merton_College,_Oxford/AKEJHoTN">Merton College, Oxford</a> is one of the oldest quads in existence.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peckwater_Quadrangle/M0E2vNLY">Peckwater Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/Christ_Church,_Oxford/2NYXMk3T">Christ Church, Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Killian_Court/x9FHAyCq">Killian Court</a>, <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Quadrangle_(Harvard)/kVYYsBdN">The Quad</a>, <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Harvard_Yard/kfFYh1Tj">Harvard Yard</a>, <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Queen%27s_Lawn/kjVnjlzh">Queen's Lawn</a>, <a href="/facts/Imperial_College_London/SoXBRyax">Imperial College London</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Green_(Dartmouth_College)/eeGPJmmV">The Green</a>, <a href="/facts/Dartmouth_College/JLk2nNaN">Dartmouth College</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/King%27s_College,_Aberdeen/HDm4NSn3">King's College Quad</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Aberdeen/F6X2yVXk">University of Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Quadrangle_(Springfield,_Massachusetts)/KHX5YMWv">The Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/Springfield,_Massachusetts/MhlE56c4">Springfield, Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Radcliffe_Quadrangle/qDmQhfQm">Radcliffe Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/University_College,_Oxford/Nqf8PS7U">University College, Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Schenley_Quadrangle/nRdJPNaN">Schenley Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Pittsburgh/U3lxG2L1">University of Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bascom_Hill/wvUbIlgB">Bascom Hill</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison/Rfj54YvS">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tom_Quad/vmDNj2p3">Tom Quad</a>, <a href="/facts/Christ_Church,_Oxford/2NYXMk3T">Christ Church</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Oxford/ExVVQL6V">Oxford University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/University_of_Alabama_Quad/UaxRcTAd">University of Alabama Quad</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/UCL_Main_Building/HoIyhgMB">The Quad</a>, <a href="/facts/University_College_London/7dmHhCf5">University College London</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Founder%27s_Building/2WkA8UFq">Founder's Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Royal_Holloway_College,_London/fNqGtJpK">Royal Holloway College, London</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Diag/efJUpqAK">The Diag</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sunken_Garden_(Virginia)/qn1DDEkc">Sunken Garden</a>, <a href="/facts/College_of_William_%26_Mary/AShDJAMs">College of William & Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Lawn/529UJdVm">The Lawn</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Virginia/SPNDITbg">University of Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/McKeldin_Mall/Hs0sYF5c">McKeldin Mall</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park/Wmc5R1kM">University of Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_College,_University_of_Edinburgh/hvf6oKcK">Old College</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Edinburgh/L69HscH9">University of Edinburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/New_College,_Edinburgh/cG3I6mEv">New College</a>, University of Edinburgh</li> <li><a href="/facts/Moray_House_School_of_Education/jneWEyYd">Holyrood Quad, Moray House, Edinburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dahlgren_Chapel_of_the_Sacred_Heart/KnnD8aHs">Dahlgren Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/Georgetown_University/GRubgGhB">Georgetown University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_Campus_(Yale_University)/BJAv5SPR">Old Campus</a>, <a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Main_Quad_(Stanford_University)/DAMPaVPv">Main Quad</a>, <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan_Law_School/YEseEx7c">Law Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Liberal_Arts_Quadrangle/PW2S6cLx">Liberal Arts Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Washington/36PG6qkG">University of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/West_Chester_State_College_Quadrangle_Historic_District/Sz43L2e6">West Chester State College Quadrangle Historic District</a>, <a href="/facts/West_Chester_University/V62WzAM9">West Chester University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Quadrangle_Dormitories_(University_of_Pennsylvania)/rzadFdlh">The Quadrangle</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Pennsylvania/LBBBULox">University of Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Quadrangle_(University_of_Puerto_Rico,_R%C3%ADo_Piedras)/bwcDuzjc">El Cuadrángulo</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Puerto_Rico,_R%C3%ADo_Piedras_Campus/t14oG6Tv">University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Whitworth_Hall/rIPy9yMj">Whitworth Hall</a> Quadrangle, <a href="/facts/University_of_Manchester/PwJzEj8h">University of Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hearn_Plaza/saa59mnD">Hearn Plaza</a>, <a href="/facts/Wake_Forest_University/kgxqqNsA">Wake Forest University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/S._Thomas%27_College,_Mount_Lavinia/aMzp2lYl">Quadrangle, S.Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> Look up <i>quadrangle</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <ul><li><a href="/facts/Siheyuan/SX8ER0Ut">Siheyuan</a> – Historical type of residence in China</li> <li><a href="/facts/N%C4%81lukettu/0q2fbfrb">Nālukettu</a> – Traditional housing style in Kerala</li> <li><a href="/facts/Haveli/P3WfEX3C">Haveli</a>, a form of classical architecture from South Asia & Persia, which incorporates a quad for cooling ventilation in the hot climate, and the private enjoyment of the open sky by residents, in a very modest culture</li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Quadrangle, n." Oxford English Dictionary. Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. OED Online Oxford University Press. 29 June 2006. <a href="http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50193968" target="_blank">http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50193968</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>See the references at Mob Quad <a href="/wiki/Mob_Quad" target="_blank">/wiki/Mob_Quad</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Namboothiri.com <a href="http://www.namboothiri.com/articles/illam-photos.htm" target="_blank">http://www.namboothiri.com/articles/illam-photos.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>