caravansary
Americannoun
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(in the Middle East and North Africa) an inn, usually with a large courtyard, for the overnight accommodation of caravans.
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any large inn or hotel.
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Origin of caravansary
First recorded in 1590–1600; from French caravanserai, from Persian kārwānsarāy, equivalent to kārwān caravan + sarāy “mansion, inn”
Example Sentences
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The Dervise told them he intended to take up his Night's Lodging in that Caravansary.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
She was touched and complimented, but, with a loyalty for which there was, perhaps, no demand, she remained faithful to her friends at the Caravansary.
From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
She was glad, she said, to be at the Caravansary, quite on a different side of the city from her friends.
From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
They turned in at the door of the Caravansary.
From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
At the Caravansary there had been sharp disapproval of the whole thing.
From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
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