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caravanserai::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | caravan inn, caravansary, khan |
| Type of | auberge, hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge |
Examples of caravanserai
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A hop, skip and jump away is the Abbasi Hotel, housed in a former caravanserai.
From the time.com
He designed a caravanserai in Eregli and an octagonal madrasah in Constantinople.
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It dates back to 1382, when Emir Djaharks el-Khalili built a large caravanserai, or khan.
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A caravanserai is a hotel for traders, and usually the focal point for any surrounding area.
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Caravanserai on the road between Khiva and Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The construction of these caravanserai inns improved in scale, fortification, and replicability.
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Were they from a genuine caravanserai in the Gobi desert?
From the independent.co.uk
Not far from the caravanserai, a tower studded with elephant tusks marked the way to the palace gate.
From the theatlantic.com
We walk out of the caravanserai and make our way past the money changers with their bulging pockets.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Caravansary: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
- A caravanserai (/ku00E6ru0259u02C8vu00E6nsu0259ri/; Persian: u06A9u0627u0631u0648u0627u0646u0633u0631u0627u200Eu200E; Turkish: Kervansaray) was a roadside inn where travelers (Caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. In the Middle-East, it is often called by its Turko-Mongolian name khan, (u062Eu0627u0646). In Bengal, it is known by the term katra...
- Caravanserai is the fourth studio album by Santana released in October 1972. It marked a major turning point in Carlos Santana's career as it was a sharp departure from his critically acclaimed first three albums. ...
- A roadside inn having a central courtyard where caravans can rest; A home or shelter for caravans
- (Gen.) combined hostel and trading centre, providing accommodation for travellers, merchants and animals, found both in towns and along major trade routes
- A word of Persian origin meaning a quadrangular inn with a great inner court where caravans put up.
- (Turkish) A large inn or hostelry, built around a large court, for accommodating caravans, travellers on them, and their animals at night.
- The serai of the caravan. See Serai and Choultry.
- Noun, (loosely) a motel
