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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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Plans for the larger entertainment district include housing, hotels, shops, restaurants, a card room and the city’s first movie theater, though future phases would require additional approvals.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
When Deadline speaks with him in his New York hotel, McKidd is in the throes of filming Conviction, the Elisabeth Moss-starring Hulu legal drama from House creator David Shore.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

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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
The restaurant carries the fantasy theme into its food and atmosphere, designed to feel like a tavern straight out of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.

— Beret Leone, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

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And the old Rapp Saloon — an 1875 brick building at 1436 2nd Street — was reborn in the late 1980s as a meeting space within a four-story hostel, now known as Hostelling International’s HI Los Angeles Santa Monica Hostel.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
That is, after first running it as a European-style hostel for World Cup guests.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

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