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2009
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car·a·van
/ ˈkarəˌvan/
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n.
1. hist.
a group of people, esp. traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.
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any large group of people, typically with vehicles or animals traveling together, in single file:
a caravan of cars and trucks.
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Brit.
a revreational vehicle; a trailer or camper.
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a covered horse-drawn wagon:
a gypsy caravan.
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a covered truck; a van.
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Caravan site operator gives consumers fairer deals; Holiday caravan owners warned to check contracts.
M2 Presswire; 6/19/2003; 700+ words
; ...restricted the sale of caravans on the park by the caravan owner. Undertakings...issued by the National Caravan Council and the British...agreements for new caravans must not be for less...a better deal for caravan owners at these sites...
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 "Hull Daily Mail (UK)")
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Caravan industry 'will bounce back' ; The caravan industry in East Yorkshire has become renowned as one of the biggest and best in the UK.
Newspaper article from: Hull Daily Mail (UK); 11/14/2008; 700+ words
; ...purchases such as caravans. However, confidence...East Yorkshire's caravan industry remains...was confident the caravan industry would recover...sells a range of caravans, awnings and motorhomes...appeared at the Caravan and Motorhome show...sold a record 164 caravans and motorhomes ...
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Caravans of love
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the UK and figures from The Caravan Club showed that caravanning...800 in 2005. The European Caravan Federation reports similar...In 2006 registrations for caravans and motor homes also rose significantly...about being stuck behind a caravan, but now everyone is raving...
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CARAVANS: Drag race.(Caravan designers)
Magazine article from: Design Week; 7/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; Caravan designers are now thinking...miles, argues Trish Lorenz Caravan design is a non sequitur...and freedom in travel, but caravans make little in the way of...English activity, the best caravan design arguably comes from...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Overloaded caravans -a disaster waiting to happen.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 7/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...objects stowed in caravans can lead to instability...motion where the caravan overrides the car...handling of the caravan, which will affect...is why you find caravans turned over. He...these vehicles [caravans] or about these...ensure their car and caravan combination is safe...
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Caravans Mark Beginning of 1999 Saturn Homecoming.
PR Newswire; 7/22/1999; 700+ words
; ...their way to Spring Hill. Caravans of Saturn owners from Los Angeles...Tennessee today, while the Boston caravan departs on Tuesday, July 27. The Minneapolis and Miami caravans will depart their respective...Los Angeles The Los Angeles caravan will welcome some special international...
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Caravans. . . home from home or pure holiday hell?
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 2/5/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...out this mode of travel as the annual Caravan Show trundles into town this weekend. Last year, the Caravan Club celebrated its 100th anniversary...moved on since the first purpose-built caravan - the Wanderer - was unveiled in 1885...
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A Caravan For Uganda
Magazine article from: Plane and Pilot; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...world. I've seen Caravans in the Australian...reintroduced to the Caravan on a circuitous...third trip in a Caravan. Back in the '80s, I delivered two Caravans 10,000 nm from...was a 1999 Grand Caravan 208B with an optional...
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 "Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England)")
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Stolen Lancashire caravans sold in Spain.
Newspaper article from: Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England); 6/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...gangs that steal the caravans tend to move around...has quite a large caravan population and they...vehicles towing caravans. Author David Moran...sterling]17,000 caravan stolen from a site...but none of the caravans they found were...said: You treat a caravan like a second home...
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Caravan country shows off wares
Newspaper article from: Hull Daily Mail (UK); 8/29/2006; 651 words
; ...and Australia." Mr Richie said caravan manufacturers would be looking for...opportunity to look at the 2007 range of caravans, which includes 180 big static holiday...Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire Caravan Manufacturers' Association www...
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Caravan
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Caravan Rock group For the Record … Caravan is one of the flagship bands of “ Canterbury...pop, lending it a very recognizable, distinctive sound. Caravan formed in Canterbury, England during the late 1960s. Its...
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caravan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...they were located. Basically the caravan system underwent little change until...desert spaces usually joined merchant caravans. After the advent of Islam, the...each year. The closest approach to caravan trade in the New World was the wagon...
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Gypsies and Caravan Dwellers in the Netherlands
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Gypsies and Caravan Dwellers in the Netherlands ETHNONYMS: Buitenlandse...Zigeuners (Dutch Gypsies), Woonwagenbewoners (caravan dwellers) Orientation Identification. Gypsies and caravan dwellers, often seen by the Dutch population as...
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American Caravan
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
American Caravan (1927–36), yearbook founded by Paul Rosenfeld, Alfred Kreymborg, Lewis Mumford, and Van Wyck Brooks, was edited...
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Transport
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...caravans were relied on. Caravans of mules and, especially...660 pounds; the speed of a caravan was 2.5 to 3 miles per hour...stage was 15 to 20 miles. Caravans differed greatly in size...Canal was built, the Suez caravan had about 500 camels; in 1847...
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