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caravansary

noun

ˌker-ə-ˈvan(t)-sə-rē

variants or caravanserai

Definition of caravansary

as in hotel

a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests a caravansary designed specifically for self-styled cheapskates

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Recent Examples of caravansary Another restaurant that scores high on the authenticity meter is Archive, in the basement of an old caravansary by the banks of the Kura River. — Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2025 Another of Bogaczewicz’s photographs captures a Saudi family having a picnic under a highway overpass, much as their bedouin ancestors might have stopped their caravansary by a desert wadi to have a meal. — Wired, 26 Nov. 2019

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Chigurh kills Wells in his hotel room and then answers a call from Moss intended for Wells.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
The restaurant is a beautiful glass and wood building that looks over the hotel's gardens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

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The lore says the building operated as a brothel in its early years, with a tavern then as now on the ground floor.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
What to do nearby A stone’s throw away is the Water Street Market, a complex of shops that includes an antiques mall, the Grazery café, and a neighborhood tavern called Parish.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

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The Base-01 features an inflatable exo-frame holding up a weatherproof skin to serve as a transportable, fast-pitching sun shelter, mobile garage, mission control center, and roomy hostel for you and up to nine of your closest friends and allies.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
The organization originally announced plans to open a European-style hostel there before transitioning the space into a shelter.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of hostel

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