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caravan

[ kar-uh-van ]

noun

  1. a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. any group traveling in or as if in a caravan and using a specific mode of transportation, as pack animals or motor vehicles:

    a caravan of trucks; a camel caravan.

  3. a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, a sideshow, etc.; van.
  4. Chiefly British. a house on wheels; trailer.


verb (used with object)

caravaned or caravanned, caravaning or caravanning.
  1. to carry in or as if in a caravan:

    Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood's survivors.

verb (used without object)

caravaned or caravanned, caravaning or caravanning.
  1. to travel in or as if in a caravan:

    They caravaned through Egypt.

caravan

/ ˈ°ìæ°ùəˌ±¹Ã¦²Ô /

noun

    1. a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in US and Canadian nametrailer
    2. ( as modifier )

      a caravan site

  1. (esp in some parts of Asia and Africa) a company of traders or other travellers journeying together, often with a train of camels, through the desert
  2. a group of wagons, pack mules, camels, etc, esp travelling in single file
  3. a large covered vehicle, esp a gaily coloured one used by Romany Gypsies, circuses, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to travel or have a holiday in a caravan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of caravan1

1590–1600; earlier carovan < Italian carovana < Persian °ìÄå°ù·ÉÄå²Ô
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of caravan1

C16: from Italian caravana, from Persian °ìÄå°ù·ÉÄå²Ô
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They didn’t want to live alongside caravans of trucks bringing garbage in and toxic ash out.

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