Caravan

Caravan

Caravan may refer to:

*Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together
* Convoy, a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support
** Camel train, a series of camels carrying goods or passengers in a group
** Wagon train, a series of wagons, moving together and forming a line
* Travel trailer, an American term for what would be regarded elsewhere as a caravan, a small trailer in which people can live and travel
* "Caravanim", a trailer-type, pre-fab facility used as a living space, classroom, synagogue, or community center in Israel
* Recreational vehicle, used as both a vehicle and temporary travel home
** Dodge Caravan, a brand of minivan
** Nissan Caravan, a Japanese multi-purpose van
* Opel, GM's continental European make, refers to their station wagons as Caravans (i.e. Opel Omega Caravan, Opel Astra Caravan)
* Cessna Caravan, a utility airplane
* Caravan Tours, an escorted tour company
* Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan, an American 1940s medium military transport aircraft
* Caravan (publishing), an Iranian Publishing House
* A "static caravan" is a type of mobile home

In music

* Caravan (band), a British rock/jazz band of the Canterbury scene:* Caravan (album), their 1968 debut album
* Caravan (Øystein Sevåg album), Øystein Sevåg album from 2005
* Caravan (song), a jazz standard, composed by Juan Tizol; first performed by the Duke Ellington Orchestra
* Caravan (Van Morrison song), a song by Van Morrison from his 1970 album "Moondance"
* Caravan (Thai band), a "pleng phua cheewit" group from the 1970s
* The Caravans, a female gospel group

In literature

* "Caravan" (1975 novel), by Stephen Goldin
* "Caravans" (novel), by James Michener
* "Caravan" (play), an Australian play which showed at the Sydney Opera House

In film

*"Caravan (1934 film), a 1934 film
*"Caravan" (1946 film), a 1946 film
*"Caravan" (1971 film), a 1971 film
*"Caravan" (1999 film), a 1999 Nepalese film also known as "Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef"
*Caravan Pictures a former unit of Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group

ee also

* Caravanserai, a roadside inn catering to caravans:*"Caravanserai (album)", 1972 album by Santanacaravan (disambiguation)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Caravan — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Caravan Información personal Origen Canterbury, Inglaterra Información artística Género(s) …   Wikipedia Español

  • Caravan — Жанры прогрессивный рок кентербери психоделический рок джаз Годы 1968 по сей день …   Википедия

  • Caravan — (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Caravan est le nom : d un standard de jazz composé par Juan Tizol et Duke Ellington : Caravan (jazz) d un groupe de rock… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Caravan — bezeichnet: einen Anhänger für Kraftfahrzeuge, in dem sich eine Wohnungseinrichtung befindet, siehe Wohnwagen den Namen des Fahrzeugherstellers Opel für Kombinationskraftwagen Dodge Caravan, Van Modell des Fahrzeugherstellers Dodge Cessna 208,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Caravan — Car a*van (k[a^]r [.a]*v[a^]n or k[a^]r*[.a]*v[a^]n ; 277), n. [F. caravane (cf. Sp. caravana), fr. Per. karw[=a]n a caravan (in sense 1). Cf. {Van} a wagon.] 1. A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • caravan — [kar′ə van΄] n. [Fr caravane < OFr carouan < Pers kārwān, caravan] 1. a company of travelers, esp. of merchants or pilgrims traveling together for safety, as through a desert 2. a number of vehicles traveling together 3. a large covered… …   English World dictionary

  • caravan — / kærəvæn/, it. / karavan/ s. ingl. [dal persiano kārwān carovana di cammelli ], usato in ital. al masch. [cabina a rimorchio attrezzata ad abitazione] ▶◀ roulotte. ‖ camper …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • caravan — 1580s, from M.Fr. caravane, from O.Fr. carouan (13c.), picked up during the Crusades from Pers. karwan group of desert travelers. Used in English for vehicle 17c., especially for a covered cart. In modern British use, often a rough equivalent of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • caravan — /ˈkaravan, ingl. ˈkærəˌvæn/ [vc. ingl. «carovana, carrozzone», poi «roulotte»] s. m. roulotte (fr.) CFR. autocaravan, camper (ingl.), motorhome (ingl.) …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • Caravan — ↑ Karawane …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”