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Definition of Caffilas
1. caffila [n] - See also: caffila
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caffilas
Literary usage of Caffilas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1841)
"but it is perfectly sterile and uninhabited only along the caravan road, so that
the caffilas generally terminate their jong journey without meeting with a ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"It is certain, that great caffilas, or, (as we call them) caravans of camels,
depart yearly from Fez, fome report twenty ..."
3. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... that there was no travelling through his Dominions, but in caffilas or companies
of three hundred & foure hundred persons at a time, and they hardly ..."
4. An English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1895)
"... me of all his voyage ; which he performed with small charges and less danger,
in good fellowship, and very merry in the company of the caffilas. ..."
5. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"... Europe ships have unladen at Surat, they go down to fetch ; and bring up time
enough before the caffilas out of the country come in with their wares. ..."
6. A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679 by Thomas Bowrey (1905)
"8, "These last [the Dutch] come thither by Sea, but all the others by Land, with
the Caravans, which they call caffilas." Fryer, p. ..."
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