caravanseray

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A form of caravanserai — A roadside inn, usually having a central courtyard where caravans (see sense 3) can rest, providing accommodation for travellers along trade routes in Asia and North Africa.

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Meanings

nouncaravanseray (plural caravanserays)

plural caravanserays

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of caravanserai.

    They stopped at the most memorable places, and at last arrived at Rome, where a princess vacated her palace for their accommodation and so many louis-d'or a-month. Rome, once the mistress, is now the caravanseray of the world.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 266
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