Karachi
English
Etymology
From Urdu کراچی (karācī) and Sindhi ڪراچي (karācī), from earlier کولاچی (kolācī), named after Mai Kolachi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈrɑːt͡ʃi/
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Proper noun
Karachi
- A city, the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan, situated along the Arabian Sea. It is the largest city in Pakistan.
- 2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 208:
- Karachi, colourful buses, colourless buildings, graffitied walls, billboards advertising mobile phones and soft drinks and ice cream, birds circling in the white-hot sky.
Derived terms
Translations
the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɾat͡ʃi/ [kaˈɾa.t͡ʃi]
- Rhymes: -atʃi
- Syllabification: Ka‧ra‧chi
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