Karachi
English
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
- 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
Translations
the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Karachi ?
Portuguese
Proper noun
Karachi f
- alternative spelling of Carachi
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɾat͡ʃi/ [kaˈɾa.t͡ʃi]
- Rhymes: -atʃi
- Syllabification: Ka‧ra‧chi
Proper noun
Karachi ?