Caravan definition: 1. A wheeled vehicle for living or travelling in, especially for holidays, that contains beds. Canavan disease kan´ah-van a rare autosomal recessive form of leukodystrophy, found especially in people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, although it has also been seen in other ethnic groups. Characteristics include early onset, widespread demyelination and vacuolation of the cerebral white matter that gives it a spongy appearance, severe mental.
Car.a.van (kar ′ə van′), USA pronunciation n., v., -vaned or -vanned, -van.ing or -van.ning.n. a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
any group traveling in or as if in a caravan and using a specific mode of transportation, as pack animals or motor vehicles: a caravan of trucks; a camel caravan. a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, a sideshow, etc.;van. British Terms Chiefly Brit. a house on wheels;trailer.v.t. to carry in or as if in a caravan: Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood's survivors.v.i. to travel in or as if in a caravan: They caravaned through Egypt.car ′a.van′ist, n.