caravan
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈkærəˌvæn/
:
caravana
- The traders traveled in a caravan across the desert, ensuring their safety in numbers.
- camel caravan
- caravan trade
- caravan routes
Counter revolutions and see more about the caravan of people coming up from Central America.
- Counter revolutions and see more about the caravan of people coming up from Central America.
Examples
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Goods from beyond the Red Sea and of the local Bedouin tribes would be brought to Mecca from where the camel caravans would transport them to the Levant.
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Let's cross the river with this caravan right into the exotic heart of romantic, fantastic Baghdad.
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How long since the last trade caravan came through here?
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I can never forget the noise that an African caravan used to make in those days.
Academic text (1990) -
Or, for a price, they would escort a caravan to protect its safety.
Academic text (2002) -
Even now the caravan approaches Jerusalem.
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A caravan for Midian is waiting for you and your son.
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We left early the next morning, a quiet, torchless caravan across the moonlit valley.
Fiction book (1993) -
A long line of Dinka refugees walks alongside one of the caravans, begging for food.
Fiction book (2002) -
The next day, Haghar Tuaregs surrounded the caravan and extorted payment under threat of attack.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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1.3
A line of people, animals, or vehicles moving together
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3.8
A line of wagons that travel together for safety on long journeys
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Caravan This word comes from Persian kārvān, meaning 'group of travellers', and was used for long lines of camels and wagons crossing deserts. That's why a caravan still means people or animals travelling together for safety and company.