## Meanings
1. A vehicle with beds and cooking equipment that is pulled by a car and used as a home on holiday.
2. A group of people and animals travelling together, especially across a desert.
3. To travel or take a holiday in a caravan.

## Examples
- Every summer they towed the caravan to the coast for two weeks.
- A caravan of camels crossed the desert carrying spices and silk.
- When my parents retired, they really got into caravanning.

## Derived Forms
- caravan-like
- caravaneer
- caravaner
- caravanette
- caravanist
- caravanlike
- caravanner
- motor-caravan
- motorcaravan

## Related Forms
- caravansary
- caravanserai
- van

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: caravane
- Root: carvane
- Root: کاروان
- Root: kʾlwʾn'
- Root: 𐎣𐎠𐎼

## Etymology
From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r, “people, subjects”). The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.

## AI Etymology
caravan is a noun and verb. It is from Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r, “people, subjects”). The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan. Historical forms in the chain include caravane (Middle French), carvane (Old French), کاروان (Persian), kʾlwʾn' (Middle Persian), and 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (Old Persian). Current senses include a vehicle with beds and cooking equipment that is pulled by a car and used as a home on holiday, a group of people and animals travelling together, especially across a desert, and to travel or take a holiday in a caravan. Derived forms include caravan-like, caravaneer, caravaner, caravanette, and caravanist. Related words include caravansary, caravanserai, and van.

## Topics
- Travel
- Transportation

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