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In America, Thomas Jefferson 's design for the University Of Virginia centered the housing and academic buildings around the Lawn, a huge grassy expanse. Later American college and university planners imitated either the Jeffersonian plan, the Oxbridge idea, or a combination of the two. Despite the obvious relationship of the word "quadrangle" to the number 4 , architects do not feel bound by a strict numbering of sides. The word "quadrangle" is also sometimes, but not very often, used to mean a Quadrilateral . QUADRANGLE IN HERALDRY In an obvious allusion, the quadrangle forms the Compartment of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada {Link without Title} . SEE ALSO
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