- a variation of Dhaka.
Dacca
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Palmal Group, owners of both Ayesha Clothing and Dacca Dyeing, did not respond to repeated queries.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2016
Since then, former workers say, almost no one has been able to find a job in another garment factory, not once potential employers find out they used to work at Dacca Dyeing.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2016
The next claim came from Rajendralal De, an Indian chemist working in Dacca, then part of British India and now in Bangladesh.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 5, 2013
Foreign diplomats in Dacca regard the rumor as implausible.
From Time Magazine Archive
War was declared officially on December 4, and twelve days later, the Pakistani army, weakened by having to fight three thousand miles from its source of supplies, surrendered in Dacca.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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