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caravanserai

/ ˌkærəˈvænsərɪ; -ˌreɪ; ˌkærəˈvænsəˌraɪ /

noun

  1. (in some Eastern countries esp formerly) a large inn enclosing a courtyard providing accommodation for caravans
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of caravanserai1

C16: from Persian kārwānsarāī caravan inn
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Example Sentences

Paris, as the old stagers regretfully assure us, was Paris then, and not the caravanserai of all the nations of the world.

Here is a pretentious and fairly comfortable caravanserai, facing a court which is shaded by magnificent plane trees.

No questions were asked at the barrier; and we rode on quietly till nine o'clock, when we drove under the shed of a caravanserai.

The lower part of Master Anthony's house was a sort of free hostel, like the caravanserai of the East.

On the eastern side there is a square courtyard like an Arab caravanserai, where cattle are penned.

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