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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,… … Wikipedia
caravan — [16] Caravans have no etymological connection with cars, nor with char a bancs. The word comes ultimately from Persian kārwān ‘group of desert travellers’, and came into English via French caravane. Its use in English for ‘vehicle’ dates from the … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
caravan — [16] Caravans have no etymological connection with cars, nor with char a bancs. The word comes ultimately from Persian kārwān ‘group of desert travellers’, and came into English via French caravane. Its use in English for ‘vehicle’ dates from the … Word origins
Jubb Yussef (Joseph's Well) — The ruins at Jubb Yussef (“Joseph’s Well” in English, جُبّ يُوسِف in Arabic, גוב יוסף in Hebrew [http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%91 %D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3] ) in the Galilee are identified with the pit in Dothan, into which the… … Wikipedia
Convoy — For other uses, see Convoy (disambiguation). A convoy of merchant ships protected by airplanes en route to Cape Town during World War II A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and … Wikipedia
Plain of Jars — The Plain of Jars is a large group of historic cultural sites in Laos containing thousands of stone jars, which lie scattered throughout the Xieng Khouang plain in the Lao Highlands at the northern end of the Annamese Cordillera, the principal… … Wikipedia
Rig-e Jenn — The Rig e Jenn is a vast area of sand dunes in the middle of Dasht e Kavir, Iran s central desert in the border region of the Semnan and Isfahan provinces. It was not travelled by the old caravan travellers, who believed it is a place where evil… … Wikipedia
Mehdi Sahraian — (Persian: Sahraeian,[clarification needed] Persian: صحرائیان) (born July 1946 in Shiraz) is an Iranian university professor from Jahrom. Sahraian’s paternal line had been raised to the ranks of the Persian nobility of the 19th century. The great… … Wikipedia
Operation Netwing — Netwing redirects here. A net wing can also be part of a seine net for fishing. Operation Netwing is a long running United Kingdom law enforcement endeavour, headed by Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit (BHMCU), investigating allegations … Wikipedia
Bibliography — I. INTRODUCTION The bibliography is arranged by classes and subclasses. With very few exceptions, only works published after 1945 have been included. For historical works, one should consult George Black s A Gypsy Bibliography (Edinburgh:… … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies
