Caravan
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The word caravan has various meanings:
- Overland trading convoys, often using the camel as a beast of burden, and generally associated with crossing deserts in Asia or Africa. The word "caravan" is of Persian origin.
- For similar phenomena in Australia, see camel train.
- For a North American analogue, see wagon train.
- See also caravanserai, Roma.
- Mobile housing, see travel trailer and recreational vehicle.
- An annual multicultural festival in Toronto, Canada.
As a tradename or proper name:
- Chrysler Caravan, a brand of Minivan
- Cessna 208 Caravan, a utility airplane
- Caravan Industry Training, an Industry Organisation
- Caravan, a Jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington
- Caravan, a British rock/jazz band from the Canterbury area.
- Caravans, a 1978 movie.