caravan
Camels crossing dunes
A caravan is a group traveling together, especially across a desert or hostile territory—merchants with camels, refugees in vehicles.
The word extends to any procession: a caravan of SUVs heading to the beach house.
In British English, a caravan is also a trailer pulled behind a vehicle for camping or temporary housing.
Self-propelled living quarters
- RVMobile living quarters
- camperOne sleeping outside recreationally
- trailerPromotional film excerpt
- AirstreamLuxury aluminum travel trailer
Winnebago · teardrop · pop-up · campervan · tourer · coachbuilt · towable · vanlife
Formal moving line
- motorcadeProcession of official vehicles
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- columnVertical structural element
- escortOne who accompanies another
entourage · cortege · fleet · train · wagon train · mule train · formation · expedition
Designated outdoor lodging area
- campgroundDesignated outdoor lodging area
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- awningMounted overhead shelter
- pitchFrequency of sound
holiday · outdoors · hiking · nature · fireside · wilderness · glamping
Middle Eastern nomadic herder
- RomaniNomadic ethnic group
- travellerOne who journeys
- wandererRootless, roving person
- itinerantMoving for work
pastoralist · tribe · migration · encampment · yurt · ger · steppe · desert
Mass departure from somewhere
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- asylumShelter from persecution
- migrationMovement to new territory
flee · border · resettlement · humanitarian · crisis · sanctuary · persecution · stateless
motorhome
Self-propelled living quarters
Airstream · Winnebago · teardrop · pop-up · campervan · tourer · coachbuilt · towable · vanlife · hitch
procession
Formal moving line
- motorcadeProcession of official vehicles
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- columnVertical structural element
escort · entourage · cortege · fleet · train · wagon train · mule train · formation · expedition · guard
campsite
Designated outdoor lodging area
- campgroundDesignated outdoor lodging area
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- awningMounted overhead shelter
pitch · holiday · outdoors · hiking · nature · fireside · wilderness · glamping
Bedouin
Middle Eastern nomadic herder
itinerant · pastoralist · tribe · migration · encampment · yurt · ger · steppe · desert · herder
exodus
Mass departure from somewhere
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- asylumShelter from persecution
migration · flee · border · resettlement · humanitarian · crisis · sanctuary · persecution · stateless · journey
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- animal transporthorse, mule, donkey, ox, camel
- holiday parkscampsites, chalets, mobile home, chalet, bungalows
- processionsparade, procession, march, funeral procession, military parade
- traveling groupsconvoy, fleet, tour group, school trip, delegation
- RVsRV, motorhome, camper, travel trailer, fifth wheel
caravansolo traveler
One journeying unaccompanied
individual · alone · hermit · loner · recluse
caravanhomestead
Family farm and dwelling
settlement · house · manor · sedentary lifestyle · estate
- camel caravanLine of pack dromedaries
- desert caravanGroup crossing arid wilderness
- trade caravanCommercial expedition transporting goods
- Dodge CaravanAmerican family minivan
- caravan routePath for merchant convoys
- caravan parkSite for touring vehicles
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