caravansaries

noun

variants or caravanserais or caravanserai
plural of caravansary
as in hotels
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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  1. hotels
  2. taverns
  3. hostels
Noun
  • Le Gette, though, has designs to eventually make the product accessible to those who don’t frequent luxury med spas, brand-name hotels or the athletic facilities of professional sports teams.
    — Jake Nevins, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
  • Rooms would be larger than those in roadside hotels and would cost around $300 a night, Palillo said.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
Definition of hotels
Noun
  • The smaller, working-class towns that dot the southeast part of the county are filled with the types of pubs and taverns that give a place character.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • Widely regarded as the country's culinary capital—a remarkable distinction in a nation renowned for its gastronomy—the city has earned a reputation for its traditional bouchons (taverns), bustling food halls, and world-class restaurants.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
Definition of taverns
Noun
  • The shortest of the trails here; the Transcarioca could be completed in 12 days or so; walkers can stay in a handful of hostels or campgrounds along the way, or in hotels and guesthouses in nearby neighborhoods.
    — Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • Rafi says separate arrangements were made for female DIU students to watch late-night kickoffs in Bangladesh, through screenings at their hostels, which is why fewer women are to be seen in the videos that flooded social media.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of hostels
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