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, a small trailer in which people can live and travel
- * Caravan Industry Training, an organisation in the travel trailer industry
- Recreational vehicle, used as both a vehicle and temporary travel home
- Dodge Caravan, a brand of minivan
- Cessna Caravan, a utility airplane
- 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 (thai band), a pleng phua cheewit group from the 1970s
- Caravan Festival of Cultures, an annual multicultural festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Caravan Pictures, an American film production company
- The Caravans, a female gospel group
- Caravans (novel), by James Michener
- The Hardy Boys #54 "The Mysterious Caravan"
- Caravan (movie) . A 1972 Indian Hindi film.
- Caravan (1946 movie)
- Caravans (1978 movie)
See also
- Caravanserai, a roadside inn catering to caravans
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.
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