Caravan
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Caravan may refer to:
- Convoy, a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support
- Camel train, a series of camels carrying goods or passengers in a group
- Wagon train, a series of wagons, moving together and forming a line
- Travel trailer, an American term for what would be regarded elsewhere as a caravan, a small trailer in which people can live and travel
- Recreational vehicle, used as both a vehicle and temporary travel home
- Dodge Caravan, a brand of minivan
- Cessna Caravan, a utility airplane
- Caravan Tours, an escorted tour company
- Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan, an american 1940s medium military transport aircraft
- Caravan World Music Radio Show
In entertainment
- Caravan (band), a British rock/jazz band of the Canterbury scene
- Caravan (novel), by Stephen Goldin
- Caravan (song), a jazz standard, composed by Juan Tizol; first performed by the Duke Ellington Orchestra
- Caravan (Van Morrison song), a song by Van Morrison from his 1970 album Moondance.
- Caravan (Thai band), a pleng phua cheewit group from the 1970s
- The Caravans, a female gospel group
- Caravans (novel), by James Michener
[edit] See also
- Caravanserai, a roadside inn catering to caravans
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The word caravan has a Kurdish root and in ancient times it was used for a group of people who were traveling by camel or horse on the silk road. The word is derived from Karwan: Kar means mission or pursuit and wan means those people and guardian. A caravanserai or karwansiray (also Kurdish), means a home or shelter for caravans. Caravans are often formed by militaries as well. A caravansara was a roadside inn where caravans could rest and recover from the day's journey. Some nomadic peoples known for caravan living include the Roma people, the Irish travellers, nomadic Kurds, the Bedouins, the Yeniche people, and the Quinqui.
