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# {{senseid|en|Q8660}} {{place|en|largest city|c/Pakistan|;;|situated along the [[Arabian Sea]]|;, as well as the|provincial capital|p/Sindh}}.
# {{senseid|en|Q8660}} {{place|en|largest city|c/Pakistan|;;|situated along the [[Arabian Sea]]|;, as well as the|provincial capital|p:Suf/Sindh}}.
#* {{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.}}


Latest revision as of 14:48, 25 June 2024

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Karachi

  2. The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.
    • 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

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Translations

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See also

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Karachi ?

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

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Karachi f

  1. Alternative spelling of Carachi

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Karachi ?

  1. Karachi (the capital of Sindh, Pakistan)
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