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PRONUNCIATION OF CARAVANSARY

caravansary  [ˌkærəˈvænsərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARAVANSARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Caravansary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARAVANSARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

caravansary

Caravanserai

A caravanserai was a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information, and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa, and southeastern Europe, especially along the Silk Road. These were found frequently along the Persian Empire's Royal Road, a 2,500-kilometre long ancient highway that stretched from Sardis to Susa according to Herodotus: "Now the true account of the road in question is the following: Royal stations exist along its whole length, and excellent caravansaries; and throughout, it traverses an inhabited tract, and is free from danger."...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARAVANSARY


accessory
əkˈsɛsərɪ
anniversary
ˌænɪˈvɜːsərɪ
chancery
ˈtʃɑːnsərɪ
condensery
kənˈdensərɪ
dispensary
dɪˈspɛnsərɪ
extrasensory
ˌɛkstrəˈsɛnsərɪ
grocery
ˈɡrəʊsərɪ
incensory
ˈɪnsɛnsərɪ
intersensory
ˌɪntəˈsensərɪ
multisensory
ˌmʌltɪˈsɛnsərɪ
necessary
ˈnɛsɪsərɪ
neurosensory
ˌnjʊərəʊˈsensərɪ
ostensory
ɒsˈtɛnsərɪ
prehensory
prɪˈhɛnsərɪ
reprehensory
ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsərɪ
responsory
rɪˈspɒnsərɪ
sensory
ˈsɛnsərɪ
somatosensory
ˌsəʊmətəʊˈsɛnsərɪ
supersensory
ˌsuːpəˈsɛnsərɪ
suspensory
səˈspɛnsərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARAVANSARY

carapax
carat
Caratacus
carate
Caravaggio
caravan
caravan site
caravaneer
caravaner
caravanette
caravanned
caravanner
caravanning
caravansarai
caravansaries
caravanserai
caravel
caraway
caraway seed
caraway seeds

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARAVANSARY

A bursary
accessary
adversary
B bursary
bursary
Cheboksary
commissary
diamond anniversary
diaphragm pessary
do the necessary
emissary
fideicommissary
golden wedding anniversary
janissary
pessary
rosary
tertiary bursary
the necessary
unnecessary
wedding anniversary

Synonyms and antonyms of caravansary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «caravansary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARAVANSARY

Find out the translation of caravansary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of caravansary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «caravansary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

队商旅馆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caravansary
570 millions of speakers

English

caravansary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

caravansary
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

caravansary
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

караван
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caravansary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পান্থশালা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

caravansérail
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Caravan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Karawanserei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

隊商宿
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

caravansary
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Caravansary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

caravansary
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

caravansary
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काफिनेनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kervansaray
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

caravanserraglio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

caravansary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

караван
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

caravanserai
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χάνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

caravansary
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

karavanseriet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

caravansary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of caravansary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARAVANSARY»

The term «caravansary» is normally little used and occupies the 113.736 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARAVANSARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «caravansary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «caravansary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about caravansary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARAVANSARY»

Discover the use of caravansary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to caravansary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oldham's Amusing and Instructive Reader: A Course of ...
IS NOT A PALACE, BUT A CARAVANSARY?— Spiiotator. A Dervise travelling through Tartary, being arrived at the town of Balk, went into the king's palace by mistake, as thinking it to be a public inn or caravansary. Having looked about him  ...
Oliver Oldham, 1854
2
Journal of the British embassy to Persia; embellished with ...
After riding about five miles we passed the villaok of otoshabad, a neat-grilt place , a little to the right, and soon after an old caravansary, also to the right, with here ans there a village lying under the mountains to the left ; when we reached the ...
William Price, 1825
3
The Case of the Empty Tomb: Tribune Claudius Maximus
Whether the caravans were stopping in Jerusalem or were just passing through, all of them stopped at the caravansary north of the city. It was there I went to find some answers. The caravansary was a small walled city where travellers and ...
Stephen Gaspar, 2004
4
The Works: In Six Volumes
A dervise, travelling through Tartary, being arrived at the town of Balk, went into the king's palace by a mistake, as thinking it to be a public inn or caravansary. Having looked about him for some time he entered into a long gallery, where he laid ...
Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd, 1811
5
The European Magazine, and London Review
In his route to this place MLM. passed a night at a caravansary, of which, and its in; habitants, he gives the following description : 1' Estalagem do: Cam/albos, or The Caravansary of the Oaks, distant about oneleague from Oporto, which we left  ...
6
Fables: Original and Selected
A dervise, travelling through Tartary, being arrived at the town of Balk, went into the king's palace by mistake, thinking it to be a public inn or caravansary. Having looked about for some time, he entered into a long gallery, where he laid down ...
‎1839
7
The British essayists; with prefaces by L.T. Berguer
caravansary. Having looked about him for some time, he entered into a long gallery, where he laid down his wallet, and spread his carpet, in order to repose himself upon it, after the manner of the eastern nations. He had not been long in this ...
British essayists, Lionel Thomas Berguer, 1823
8
A New Pronouncing Spelling Book, and Concise Expositor of ...
A DERVISE travelling through Tartt^pr, being arrived at-jhe town of Balk, went mto the king's palace by mistake, a.s thinking it to be a public inn or caravansary. Having looked about him ^or some time, he entered into,a long gallery, where he  ...
James M'Donald, 1815
9
The British Essayists: The Spectator
The dervise told them he intended to take up his night's lodging in that caravansary. The guards let him know, in a very angry manner, that the house he was in was not a caravansary, but the king's palace. It happened that the king himself ...
Robert Lynam, 1827
10
The church scholar's reading-book, selected from the ...
A Dervise travelling through Tar- tary, being arrived at the town of Balk, went into the king's palace by mistake, as thinking it to be a Imblic inn or caravansary. Having ooked about him for some time, he entered into a long gallery, where he laid ...
Saturday magazine, 1840

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARAVANSARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term caravansary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Requests for ice cream, flush toilets at Burning Man stirs firestorm
People interact with art installations during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, ... «Bangor Daily News, Jun 15»
2
Representatives of three monotheistic religions gather at iftar dinner
The iftar was organized at one of the city's historical buildings Ekmekçizade Ahmet Paşa Caravansary. Chief Rabbi of Turkey Rav İsak Haleva, ... «Cihan News Agency, Jun 15»
3
Rendezvous with Poet Kamal Chowdhury
... Michhiler Shoman Boyoshi (As Old as the Procession), Panthoshalar Ghora (Horse of the Caravansary), Mukti o Shadinotar Kobita (Poems of ... «The Daily Star, Jun 15»
4
Dhaka's Caravansary
Legend says, one day Prince Shuja decided to build a large caravansary in the city. But he did not like the traditional design of caravansaries ... «The Daily Star, Jun 15»
5
An optimistic visit from Australia's trade caravansary
TRADE missions are an ordinary part of a country's marketing strategy, and after one has experienced a few of them, they begin to feel a bit ... «The Manila Times, May 15»
6
'Israel's Burning Man' festival in jeopardy as police refuse to give …
The Temple of Grace burns on the last day of the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, May 15»
7
'Sabeen Was a Voice of Reason, Pluralism and Secularism: An …
Sabeen could be modeled on Khadijah, Prophet Mohammad's wife, a caravansary trader, and a successful entrepreneur, who proposed their ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
8
The Arab Battle for US Skies
Terminal 3, dedicated to Emirates, is massive, glossy, and futuristic — a steel and glass caravansary of the emerging 21st-century New Silk ... «Foreign Policy, May 15»
9
William Faulkners Tragic Air Circus
The reporter turns his home into a caravansary for the three lovers, their mechanic, and their young child during the week of the air carnival. «Daily Beast, May 15»
10
Jennifer Murphy and Valerie Blass: Deluxe redux
Jennifer Murphy in Caravansary of Joy, with Eli Langer, continues at Clint Roenisch Gallery, 190 St. Helen's Ave., to April 25. Valerie Blass, My ... «Toronto Star, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Caravansary [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/caravansary>. Apr 2024 ».
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