cafila
cafila noun: a caravan of travellers or supplies.
Noun
cafila (plural cafilas)
- A caravan of travellers or supplies.
- [W]e heard sounds at a distance, which we conjectured to proceed from the bells of a Cafila, passing over the rocks.1816, William Beckford, Vathek, Oxford, published 2013, page 41
- I heard someone who seemed to know say that Vodalus was far to the north, hiding among the frost-pinched forests and raiding kafilas.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter X, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 100
Forms of cafila
| plural | cafilas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cafilah |
| alternative form | cafileh |
| alternative form | kafila |
| alternative form | kafilah |
| alternative form | kafileh |
Origin of cafila
From Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila). Doublet of coffle.
Questions about cafila
- What does cafila mean?
- Cafila means a caravan of travellers or supplies.
- What part of speech is cafila?
- Cafila is a noun.
- What is the plural of cafila?
- The plural of cafila is cafilas.
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