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Definition: Caravanserai |
CaravanseraiNoun1. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "caravanserai" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
Synonyms: CaravanseraiSynonyms: caravan inn (n), caravansary (n), khan (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Caravanserai |
| Specialty definitions using "caravanserai": Chimham. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Caravanserai" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (caravan-sary, caravan-serai, serai). |
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| "Caravanserai" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Caravanserai" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
caravanserai | 21 |
caravanserai beach resort | 20 |
caravanserai santana | 3 |
caravanserai resort | 2 |
caravanserai maarten st | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "caravanserai"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | hotel i madh (caravansary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فندق (hostel, hotel, inn, tavern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хан (hostel, house, inn, public, public house, tavern), кервансарай (choultry, serai). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | karavanní stanice. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | caravansérail. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | karawanserei. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | karavánszeráj (Khan, serai). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | caravanserraglio (caravansary, Khan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | caravaanlann. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aravanseraicay hotel muito grande, hospedaria para caravanas. (various references) караван-сарай (choultry, serai), большая гостиница. (various references) veliki hotel. (various references) karavanseraj (choultry). (various references) โรงแรมที่มีพื้นที่จอ"รถคาราวาน. (various references) kervansaray (caravansary, Khan, serai, seray), han (hostel, hostelry, inn, Khan, rest house, road house). (various references) tạm nghỉ qua sa mạc khách sạn lớn (serai), nh trọ lớn (serai). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "caravanserai": caravanserais. (additional references) | |
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"Caravanserai" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caravanseari, karavanserai. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-c-e-i-n-r-r-s-v" | |
-2 letters: caravaners, sarracenia. | |
-3 letters: caesarian, caravaner, variances. | |
-4 letters: acarines, anasarca, avarices, canaries, canvaser, caravans, caviares, cesarian, sacraria, variance. | |
-5 letters: acarine, acrasia, acrasin, arcsine, arnicas, arrives, arsenic, avarice, caravan, carinae, carinas, carnies, carries, carvers, caverns, caviare, caviars, cravens, cravers, ravines, savarin, scarier, sierran, varices, variers, viscera. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-a-c-e-i-n-r-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: caravansaries, caravanserais. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 72 61 76 61 6E 73 65 72 61 69 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .-. .- ...- .- -. ... . .-. .- .. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110110 01100001 01101110 01110011 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a r a v a n s e r a i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0072 0061 0076 0061 006E 0073 0065 0072 0061 0069 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376784678867808571846775 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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