Dacca

/ (ˈdækə) /


noun
  1. the former name (until 1982) of Dhaka

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How to use Dacca in a sentence

  • To outface and down-talk a Calcutta-taught Bengali, a voluble Dacca drug-vendor, would be a good game.

    Kim | Rudyard Kipling
  • Kindly villagers, remembering the Dacca drug-vendor of two months ago, give him shelter against evil spirits of the wood.

    Kim | Rudyard Kipling
  • With the fall of the sunlight upon his still triumphant face he returned to the humble Dacca quack.

    Kim | Rudyard Kipling
  • They would tear off the rough border of their Dacca muslin, because it rubbed against their delicate skin.

    Stories from Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore
  • They would tear off the rough border of their Dacca muslin, because it rubbed against their skin.