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caravansary

[ kar-uh-van-suh-ree ]

noun

plural caravansaries.
  1. (in the Middle East and North Africa) an inn, usually with a large courtyard, for the overnight accommodation of caravans.
  2. any large inn or hotel.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Š²¹°ù·²¹Â·±¹²¹²Ô·²õ±ð·°ùŸ±Â·²¹±ô [kar-, uh, -van-, seer, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of caravansary1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from French caravanserai, from Persian °ìÄå°ù·ÉÄå²Ô²õ²¹°ùÄå²â, equivalent to °ìÄå°ù·ÉÄå²Ô caravan + ²õ²¹°ùÄå²â “mansion, inn”
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And though all three cities have centuries-old caravansaries — the famed inns where Silk Road merchants stayed — Ichan-Kala, a remnant of the ancient Khiva oasis, checkered with medieval Islamic buildings, appears completely untouched by time.

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He was married now and partook zealously in the Manhattan social caravansary.

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The town of hundreds of madrassas and caravansaries, and 100 or so mosques, had been subjected to the only fate worse than Genghis Khan’s, that fifth horseman of the apocalypse: tourism.

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If this were the Sahara, caravansaries would have stopped by its green pools for thousands of years.

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This muscular president thought he had found his perfect foil: a veritable caravansary of the unclean, unsavory and un-American folks known as migrants.

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