caravan
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caravan
- /ˈkæɹəvæn/
- /ˈkɛɹəvæn/
- /ˈkaɾəvan/ Scotland
- /kaɾəˈvan/ Wales
Where it comes from
From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r, “people, subjects”).
The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.
noun caravans
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A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.
To the left the caravan animals, securely picketed, at regular distances of some fifteen yards apart, occupied an area of several acres.
Similar: camel train, caravanserai, convoy, pack train, wagon train
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A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
An Italian woman, twenty years of age, […] was travelling in a caravan with the baggage of the Duke of Wellington's army, in the middle of the night, in a violent storm, while she was fast asleep, a small monkey with a long chain upon the roof of the caravan took refuge in it […]
Similar: camper, recreational vehicle, RV, trailer, travel trailer
- A group of camels, especially when used as beasts of burden carrying people and merchandise. Twice, however, we encountered a caravan of camels-about seventy strong in one instance, and about thirty in the other.
verb caravans · caravanning · caravaning · caravanned · caravaned
- To travel in a caravan (procession). The wedding party got in their cars and caravaned from the chapel to the reception hall.
- To travel and/or live in a caravan (vehicle). When my parents retired they really got back into caravanning.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wagon train, van, train, wagon, motorcade, camper, suitcase, convoy, fleet, inn, procession, airstream, outfit, trailer, tribe, column
Translations
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noun convoy or procession
| Español | caravana, cáfila |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대상 daesang, 카라반 karaban |
| 日本語 | 隊商 taishō, キャラバン kyaraban |
| 中文 | 商隊 /商队 shāngduì |
| हिन्दी | क़ाफ़िला qāfilā, काफिला kāphilā, कारवाँ kārvā̃ |
| Português | caravana, cáfila |
| Français | caravane |
| Deutsch | Karawane |
| Italiano | carovana |
| Ελληνικά | καραβάνι karaváni |
| Română | caravană |
| Русский | карава́н karaván |
| Tiếng Việt | thương đội |
| العربية | قَافِلَة qāfila |
| עברית | שיירה shaiara, אוֹרְחָה orkha |
noun vehicle
| 日本語 | キャンピングトレーラー kyanpingu torērā, トラベルトレーラー toraberu torērā |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 拖掛房車 /拖挂房车 tuōguà fángchē, 旅行拖車 /旅行拖车 lǚxíng tuōchē |
| Português | trailer, caravana, rulote, roulotte |
| Français | caravane, roulotte |
| Deutsch | Wohnwagen, Caravan |
| Italiano | roulotte, caravan |
| Ελληνικά | τροχόσπιτο trochóspito |
| Română | rulotă |
| Русский | автодо́м avtodóm, ке́мпер kémper, автода́ча avtodáča, карава́н karaván, фурго́н furgón, тре́йлер trɛ́jler |
| العربية | مَقْطُورَة maqṭūra |
| עברית | קָרָווָן qaravan |
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title = {caravan},
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