caravanning
- noun
- /ˈkɛrəˌvænɪŋ/
- UK
:
viajar en caravana
- A myth from a semisedentary caravanning village relates the shock of two daughters upon discovering their gardener husbands are really monkeys (Rasmussen 1990:83-108).
- caravanning village
Examples
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Thinking of caravanning for a week, but I don't know where it's best to travel in a caravan.
Blog text (5) -
After almost a month of caravanning and being total social RV butterflies, that means we'll be on our own again... almost weird.
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A sword fight broke out, and the owner of the garden, whom I shall call Ahmed, cut off a finger of one of the men from the caravanning village.
Academic text (1992) -
Residents of this oasis formerly stood in a servile relationship to the nobles of the caravanning village.
Academic text (1992) -
In the early phases of my research in Ar, in a rural, semi-nomadic caravanning village, there were few distinctions among perfumes based upon gender.
Academic text (1999) -
♪ ♪ [trucks caravanning]
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In the Saharan town of Agadez and the rural Air Mountain caravanning villages of my research, joking overwhelmingly alluded to themes of marriage, sex, and property.
Academic text (1993) -
The ideology is contradicted by the many former slaves who became wealthy through gardening in years of sufficient rains, while many nobles are becoming impoverished from attempting to subsist on herding and caravanning.
Academic text (1992) -
Caravanning and house guarding are defined as dangerous, heroic occupations, and many men claiming noble origins prefer these occupations as temporary alternatives when herding conditions are difficult, rather than settling down and gardening full-time.
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Caravanning is popular during the summer as families travel together in their caravanning mobile homes.
Synonyms
124
1.0
An activity of staying and sleeping outdoors, usually in tents, for fun
5
2.2
Time spent away from work to relax or travel
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Surface Forms
Morphology
caravanning = caravan (transparent) = caravan + ing
The noun is a regular -ing form built from the verb 'caravan', and its meaning is directly recoverable from the base verb.
Etymology
Caravanning comes from caravan, which comes from an old Persian word karwan meaning 'a group that travels together'. Think of camel caravans moving with tents and goods across the desert — modern caravanning is like travelling with your home on wheels for holidays, so the old idea of a travelling group fits the activity of holiday travel in a caravan.