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A house, a business, and a getaway car, depending on the decade.
means A van is a covered, boxy motor vehicle used for carrying goods or people, bigger than a car but smaller than a truck.
from A clipped piece of 'caravan,' which itself traveled into English from French 'caravane,' borrowed from Persian 'kārwān' — a company of travelers crossing the desert together. The full word once meant the whole train of camels and carts; English lopped off the front and kept the wagon, so the modern 'van' is the tail end of a much longer journey.
- name origin
- Short for caravan, from Persian for trade convoy
- dutch surname
- Van means from, marking ancestral hometowns
- moon habitat
- Van life now extends to dirtbag rock climbers worldwide
- cargo king
- Most package deliveries still ride in plain white vans
volkswagen type 2 — iconic hippie van produced 1950-2020 with 10+ million sold worldwide
ford transit — best-selling commercial van globally since 1965, over 8 million units
dodge caravan — pioneering minivan that created the category in 1984 north america