caravanserai
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- noun
- /ˌkærəˈvænsəˌraɪ/
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caravansaray
- After a long journey across the desert, the merchants finally reached the caravanserai, where they could rest and refresh themselves.
Examples
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The ancient caravanserai offered a safe haven for weary travelers seeking shelter from the harsh winds outside.
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NICK: A caravanserai... ...of billionaire playboy publishers and their blond nurses.
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Often, when they reached a caravanserai, they found it half in ruins and empty, except for themselves.
Fiction book (1993) -
Think in this battered caravanserai.
Academic text (1990) -
We'd had them at the caravanserai meal the day before, but the inclusion of suet made them far moister.
Blog text (8) -
For example, we visit an intimate Whirling Dervish sema (ceremony) in a very atmospheric refurbished caravanserai just outside of Urgup near our hotel.
Blog text (17) -
As a result of these challenges, alternative theories for the interpretation of the Qumran settlement have been offered, such as a fortress, a country villa ("villa-rustica"), an industrial plant, and an inn ("caravanserai").
Academic text (1998) -
"Is it not hard to think," Titmarsh asks, "that silks bought of a man in a lamb's-wool cap, in a caravanserai, brought thither on the backs of camels, should have been manufactured after all at Lyons?
Academic text (2016) -
Travelers often shared stories around the fire in the caravanserai before continuing their adventures.
Synonyms
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A small hotel in the countryside that offers rooms and meals
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An inn with a large open yard that shelters travelers and their animals
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A building where travelers can sleep and rest
An inn with a large open yard that shelters travellers and animals
A small roadside hotel or group of cabins where you can park near your room
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Etymology
The word caravanserai comes from Persian and Turkish parts: caravan means 'a group of travelers and their animals' and serai means 'palace' or 'inn', so it paints the image of a 'palace for caravans'. That's why a caravanserai is a roadside inn with a large courtyard where travelers and caravans could rest.