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

  1. 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.

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Karachi ?

  1. Karachi (a city, the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Karachi f

  1. Alternative spelling of Carachi

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾat͡ʃi/ [kaˈɾa.t͡ʃi]
  • Rhymes: -atʃi
  • Syllabification: Ka‧ra‧chi

Proper noun

Karachi ?

  1. Karachi (the capital of Sindh, Pakistan)
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