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# {{senseid|en|Q8660}} {{place|en|largest city|c/Pakistan|situated along the [[Arabian Sea]]|;, also the|provincial capital|p/Sindh|c/Pakistan}}.
# {{senseid|en|Q8660}} {{place|en|largest city|c/Pakistan|;;|situated along the [[Arabian Sea]]|;, also the|provincial capital|p/Sindh|c/Pakistan}}.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017|author={{w|Kamila Shamsie}}|title=''[[w:Home Fire (novel)|Home Fire]]''|publisher=Bloomsbury (2018)|page=208|passage='''Karachi''', colourful buses, colourless buildings, graffitied walls, billboards advertising mobile phones and soft drinks and ice cream, birds circling in the white-hot sky.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017|author={{w|Kamila Shamsie}}|title=''[[w:Home Fire (novel)|Home Fire]]''|publisher=Bloomsbury (2018)|page=208|passage='''Karachi''', colourful buses, colourless buildings, graffitied walls, billboards advertising mobile phones and soft drinks and ice cream, birds circling in the white-hot sky.}}


Revision as of 14:25, 25 June 2024

English

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Etymology

From Urdu کراچی (karācī) and Sindhi ڪراچي (karācī), from earlier کولاچی (kolācī), named after Mai Kolachi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈrɑːt͡ʃi/
  • Audio (Pakistan):(file)

Proper noun

Karachi

  2. The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, also the provincial capital of Sindh, 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

See also

Anagrams

Catalan

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

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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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