noun, feminine/ka.ʁa.van/plural: caravanes
caravan (convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals); travel trailer (furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary)
“les chiens aboient, la caravane passe” — the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on
From Old French carvane, a borrowing from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān).