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Definition of Caravanserai

1. Noun. An inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.

Definition of Caravanserai

1. Noun. A roadside inn having a central courtyard where caravans can rest. ¹

2. Noun. A home or shelter for caravans. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caravanserai

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caravanserai

Literary usage of Caravanserai

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1906)
"396 caravanserai and garden. Walled-in village and cultivation. ... Fortified village, caravanserai in building, good water at 14 miles. Fair caravanserai ..."

2. John Bellows: Letters and Memoir by John Bellows (1904)
"But I am writing this under the strangest circumstances of the whole journey : lodging the night in an oriental caravanserai. " The boy came into our room ..."

3. The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years by Edmund O'Donovan (1882)
"The caravanserai is of unusual size and solidity, but there is no other building in the place. Nothing can be more striking to a European's eye than one of ..."

4. Through Persia by Caravan by R. Arthur Arnold (1877)
"... Houssein Khan— Tehran Bazaar — caravanserai Ameer. say in the Herzegovina that when the Creator had made the world he passed over it strewing the smooth ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"... (133) caravanserai and pool, Gird Kah ; (134) Gird Kuh, mountain and village; ... (177) The shora, or salt desert; (178) In a caravanserai, ..."

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