caravan (redirected from Caravans)

car·a·van  (kr-vn)

n.

1. A company of travelers journeying together, as across a desert or through hostile territory.

2. A single file of vehicles or pack animals.

3. A large covered vehicle; a van.

4. Chiefly British A trailer or dwelling place on wheels.

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[French caravane or Italian carovana, both from Persian krvn.]

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caravan

Noun

1. a large enclosed vehicle designed to be pulled by a car or horse and equipped to be lived in

2. (in some Eastern countries) a company of traders or other travellers journeying together [Persian kārwān]

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Caravan a number of people travelling together; a moving company; a fleet of merchant ships. See also cafila, convoy.

Examples: caravan of camels, 1601; of merchants, 1602; of pilgrims; of merchant ships; of travellers, 1599; an aerie caravan [birds], 1667.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	caravan - a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety" wagon train, train procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden" Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon - a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
	2.	caravan - a camper equipped with living quarters van camping bus, motor home, camper - a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling
Verb	1.	caravan - travel in a caravan go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

Translations

caravan [ˈkærəvæn] n (BRIT) → caravana, remolque m [of camels] → caravana

caravan [ˈkærəvæn] n → caravane f

caravan [ˈkærəvæn] n (Brit) → Wohnwagen m;

(in desert) → Karawane f

caravan [ˈkærəvæn] n → roulotte f inv

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caravan

n caravan [ˈkӕrəvӕn]

1 a vehicle on wheels for living in, now pulled by car etc, formerly by horse a holiday caravan; a gypsy caravan. woonwa عَرَبَةٌ مُتَنَقِّلَةٌ مَجْرورَه каравана maringotka, přívěs campingvogn; beboelsesvogn der Wohnwagen τροχόσπιτο caravana mustlasvanker; haagissuvila خودروی بزرگ اتاق دار؛ ون vaunut, asuntovaunu caravane קָרָאווָן काफिला kola za putovanje lakókocsi mobil rumah hjólhÿsi caravan, roulotte キャンピングカー 대상 poilsinė ant ratų autopiekabe; ore karavan caravan, woonwagen campingvogn, husvogn przyczepa mieszkalna caravana rulotă фургон karavan stanovanjska prikolica prikolica husvagn พาหนะสำหรับพักอาศัย karavan (旅行用的)大篷車 фургон; будиночок-автопричіп گاڑی کے اوپر بنا ہوا گھر xe moóc; nhà lưu động （旅行用的）大篷车

2 a group of people travelling together for safety especially across a desert on camels a caravan of merchants. karavaan قافِلَه керван karavana karavane die Karawane καραβάνι caravana karavan کاروان karavaani caravane שָׁיָיָרה सूरक्षा के लिए एक साथ लोगों का यात्रा करना karavana karaván kafilah vagnlest carovana 隊商 이동 주택차 karavanas, vilkstinė karavāna kafilah karavaan karavane karawana caravana caravană караван karavána karavana karavan karavan กลุ่มคนเดินทาง kervan 商隊 караван کاروان ، قافلہ đoàn lữ hành 商队