caravanserai
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of caravanserai
C16: from Persian kārwānsarāī caravan inn
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Introductory
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Example Sentences
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From the famed Khan Assad Pasha, a caravanserai in Old Damascus, to the courtyard of the Damascus Citadel, he wants to showcase what his tired country still has to offer.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022
We took the roof off the Italianate, turn-of-the-century British pavilion and rebuilt the interior as an Ottoman caravanserai, inserting the traces of an earlier work I had made for the Istanbul Biennial in 2003.
From The Guardian • May 6, 2019
A more accurate translation, Strauss said, is “a guest room in a private house or a shelter, a caravanserai, where caravans stop.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2018
The installation at the British Pavilion by Mike Nelson is a reprise of the recreation of a squalid interior of workshops in a neglected old Istanbul caravanserai, first done for the Istanbul Biennale in 2003.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2011
“Tea is almost always the answer,” said Samir, as though musing with friends at a caravanserai.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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