caravana

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کاروان (kârvân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.ɾəˈβa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.ɾəˈva.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.ɾaˈva.na]

Noun

caravana f (plural caravanes)

1. caravan (a convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals)
2. camper (a motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in)

   Synonym: rulot

Derived terms

• caravaner
• caravanisme
• caravanista

Related terms

• caravàning
• caravanserrall

Further reading

• “caravana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “caravana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “caravana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “caravana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Persian کاروان (kârvân).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈvɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈvɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈvɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈvɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈvɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈba.nɐ/ [kɐ.ɾɐˈβa.nɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧va‧na

Noun

caravana f (plural caravanas)

1. (collective) caravan (a convoy or procession of travellers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals)

   Synonym: comboio

2. (Portugal) caravan (furnished vehicle used as a dwelling)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) rulote, (Portugal) roulotte, (Brazil) trailer

Derived terms

• autocaravana
• caravanista
• caravanismo

Further reading

• “caravana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کاروان (kârvân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈbana/ [ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ca‧ra‧va‧na

Noun

caravana f (plural caravanas)

1. caravan (a convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals)
2. camper (a motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in)
3. (Uruguay) earring

Derived terms

• autocaravana

 

Descendants

• → Basque: karabana

Further reading

• “caravana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10