Definition of Caravanserais

1. Noun. (plural of caravanserai) ¹

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Definition of Caravanserais

1. caravanserai [n] - See also: caravanserai

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caravanserais

caravaners
caravanette
caravanettes
caravaning
caravanlike
caravanned
caravanner
caravanners
caravanning
caravans
caravansarai
caravansarais
caravansaries
caravansary
caravanserai
caravanserais (current term)
caravel
caravelle
caravelles
caravels
caraway
caraway seed
caraway seed bread
caraways
carb
carb-
carb-face
carb up
carbaalanate
carbaalanates

Literary usage of Caravanserais

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

1. The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years by Edmund O'Donovan (1883)
"Final presents—caravanserais—Interview with Hussein Khan—His present— Turcomans ... I told them all to repair to one of the public caravanserais, and there ..."

2. Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia: To which are Added, the Account of a by Wilhelm von Freygang (1823)
"The caravanserais in towns are of two descriptions. The one for travellers and pilgrims, in which they lodge gratis, the other for traders ; these are the ..."

3. Turkistan: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja by Eugene Schuyler (1876)
"... and arms—Iron-foundries—Tea-houses—Barbers—Apothecaries—Cosmetics—Oils—Dyes—Shoes and Leather—The Kirghiz bazaar—caravanserais—Hindoos—Money-lending and ..."

4. Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on Board an American Frigate by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1853)
"... Truth about Oriental caravanserais—Comforts and Appliances they yield to Travellers—Figaro of the Turks—The Pilaw—Morning Scene at the Departure—Playful ..."

5. China Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical: With Some Account of Ava and by Corner (Julia), Julia Corner (1853)
"... hotels or caravanserais, of which there were many in the suburbs, built expressly for the accommodation of foreign traders, each nation having its own ..."

6. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... of public utility, 85 mosques, caravanserais, reservoirs of wer. But a person may travel whole months in ..."

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