Caravan

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Caravan may refer to:

• Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together
• Convoy, a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support
  • Camel train, a series of camels carrying goods or passengers in a group
  • Wagon train, a series of wagons, moving together and forming a line
• Travel trailer, an American term for what would be regarded elsewhere as a caravan, a small trailer in which people can live and travel
• Caravanim, a trailer-type, pre-fab facility used as a living space, classroom, synagogue, or community center in Israel
• Recreational vehicle, used as both a vehicle and temporary travel home
  • Dodge Caravan, a brand of minivan
  • Nissan Caravan, a Japanese multi-purpose van(s)
• Opel, GM's continental European make, refers to their station wagons as Caravans (i.e. Opel Omega Caravan, Opel Astra Caravan)
• Chevrolet Caravan, a station wagon sold by GM do Brasil, derived from the Chevrolet Opala
• Cessna Caravan, a utility airplane
• Caravan Tours, an escorted tour company
• Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan, an American 1940s medium military transport aircraft
• Caravan (publishing), an Iranian Publishing House
• A "static caravan" is a type of mobile home
• Camel Caravan (1933-1954), radio show sponsored by Camel cigarettes

In music

• Caravan (band), a British rock/jazz band of the Canterbury scene

• Caravan (album), their 1968 debut album

• Caravan (Øystein Sevåg album), Øystein Sevåg album from 2005
• Caravan (song), a jazz standard, composed by Juan Tizol; first performed by the Duke Ellington Orchestra
• Caravan (Art Blakey album), a jazz album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers released in 1962, that included Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone and Freddie Hubbard on trumpet
• Caravan (Van Morrison song), a song by Van Morrison from his 1970 album Moondance
• Caravan (Thai band), a pleng phua cheewit group from the 1970s
• Caravan (Utopia song), a song by Utopia from their 1980 album Adventures in Utopia
• The Caravans, a female gospel group

In literature

• Caravan, a 1975 novel by Stephen Goldin
• Caravans, a 1962 novel by James Michener
• Caravan (play), an Australian play which showed at the Sydney Opera House

In film

• Caravan, a 1934 film
• Caravan, a 1946 film
• Caravan, a 1971 film
• Caravans, a 1978 film based on the Mitchener novel
• Caravan (1999 film), a 1999 Nepalese film also known as Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef
• Caravan Pictures a former unit of Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group

[edit] See also

• Caravanserai, a roadside inn catering to caravans

• Caravanserai (album), 1972 album by Santana

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