caravan.
A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.
Meaning & usage
A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.
A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
A group of camels, especially when used as beasts of burden carrying people and merchandise.
Where this word 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.
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.
Where this word 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.
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