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
Alonzo Suson, director of the Solidarity Center’s Bangladesh program, told me that supervisors at Dacca Dyeing had told his office they were moving Gap’s orders to another Palmal Group factory because of the unionization drive.
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
A road of sorts is 96% completed now, and in the dry season, adventurous motorists can attempt the trip from Iran to Dacca in East Pakistan.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In January, Mr. Pirzada flew back to his three-story home in Dacca, to discover what was left of it.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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