caravan

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

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caravan [ˈkærəvæn] n → caravane f

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

(in desert) → Karawane f

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caravan [ˈkærəvæn] n → roulotte f inv