caravan
noun
[ ˈkarəvan ]
• a vehicle equipped for living in, typically towed by a car and used for holidays.
• "they spent a fishing holiday in a caravan"
• a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, travelling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.
Origin:
late 15th century (in caravan (sense 2)): from French caravane, from Persian kārwān . The sense ‘covered horse-drawn wagon’ dates from the early 19th century.
