[ˌkarəˈvan], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a vehicle equipped for living in, typically towed by a car and used for holidays
(e.g: they spent a fishing holiday in a caravan)

- a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, travelling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa


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Origin:
late 15th century (in caravan): from French caravane, from Persian kārwān. The sense ‘covered horse-drawn wagon’ dates from the early 19th century