A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
The circus will be in town next week.
2
A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.
3
A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
4
In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.