The word caravan has various meanings:-

• Overland trading convoys, often using the camel as a beast of burden, and generally associated with crossing deserts in Asia or Africa. The word "caravan" is of Persian origin.
• For similar phenomena in Australia, see camel train.
• For a North American analogue, see wagon train.
• See also caravanserai, Roma.
• Mobile housing, see travel trailer and recreational vehicle.

--- And uses as a tradename or proper name:-

• Chrysler Caravan, a brand of Minivan
• Cessna 208 Caravan, a utility airplane
• Caravan Industry Training, an Industry Organisation
• Caravan , a Jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington
• Caravan, a British rock/jazz band from the Canterbury area.