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or caravanserai
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 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.
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Wired, 26 Nov. 2019
Wired, 26 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caravansary
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The bill would allow a limited number of destination resort style casinos, which have amenities such as a hotel, shopping, entertainment venues and meeting rooms.Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
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Best Pillows at the Brooklinen Comforter Sale This Best Sleep Award winner offers unmatched comfort and will make your bedroom feel like a luxurious hotel.Rebecca Shinners, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
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Lots of restaurants around town serve them, either as a starter or as the main event of a humble, satisfying winter meal, but the refined 37 Alpine Eating and the classic family-run tavern Gasthaus Fink just beside Piazza Walther are especially nice places to enjoy them.Ann Abel, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Those in Birmingham can also visit the tavern that inspired the show's criminal hangout.Matt Cabral, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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About five hours north of the Elqui Valley, the tourist-friendly town of San Pedro de Atacama offers a mix of budget hostels and luxury accommodations in the Atacama Desert, such as the sustainable Explora Atacama Lodge.Nile Cappello, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
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She had been reunited with an older sister at the hostel — a bittersweet moment because the sister had attempted suicide weeks earlier, following a difficult divorce.Declan Walsh, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Caravansary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caravansary. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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