'caravanning
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caravan (ˈkærəˌvæn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. US and Canadian name: trailer a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in |
| b. (as modifier): a caravan site | |
| 2. | (esp in some parts of Asia and Africa) a company of traders or other travellers journeying together, often with a train of camels, through the desert |
| 3. | a group of wagons, pack mules, camels, etc, esp travelling in single file |
| 4. | a large covered vehicle, esp a gaily coloured one used by Romany Gypsies, circuses, etc |
| —vb , -vans, -vanning, -vanned | |
| 5. | (Brit) (intr) to travel or have a holiday in a caravan |
| [C16: from Italian caravana, from Persian kārwān] | |
| 'caravanning | |
| —n | |
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