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noun a small box-shaped passenger van; usually has removable seats; used as a family car
originFrom mini- + van. First widely used in the 1980s, when this class of vehicles became widely popular as an alternative to station wagons (estate cars). Attested earlier in technical usage, usually as mini-van.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0