Meaning & use
caravanserai
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A roadside inn, historically found along trade routes in Asia and North Africa, where traveling merchants and their caravans could rest.
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Traders would stop at the caravanserai for the night before continuing across the desert.
The old caravanserai has been restored and now serves as a museum.
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A historical term tied to the Silk Road and Middle Eastern and Central Asian trade routes; sometimes used more loosely for any diverse, temporary gathering of travelers.
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