Karachi
[kuh-rah-chee]
- a seaport in S Pakistan, near the Indus delta: former national capital; now capital of Sind province.
Show More
Sind
[sind]
- a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for karachi
Contemporary Examples
He and other Taliban sources claim that in Karachi as many as 50 to 60 Taliban are given summary executions each month.
Uzbeks were responsible for a recent attack on Karachi airport, he said, and “it looks like of the attack in Peshawar is same.”
He moved to Afghanistan and then back to Pakistan via Quetta and is now in Karachi.
The Pakistani Taliban struck again this time with a deadly attack at the Karachi airport last Sunday.
Prime Minister David Cameron is undoubtedly concerned about blowback, and the British consulate in Karachi is already closed.
Historical Examples
The refugees have carried the disease to Karachi; "220 cases, 214 deaths."
Following the Equator, CompleteMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
At Karachi, he was to buy white clothes and ship, if he could, on a cargo-steamer.
Soldier StoriesRudyard Kipling
The only solution of the difficulty is through Makran to Karachi.
The Gates of IndiaThomas Holdich
But for the latter system and for Bombay, Karachi becomes our objective.
The Gates of IndiaThomas Holdich
If not too sea-sick I will write to Papa and post it at Karachi.
Letters from MesopotamiaRobert Palmer
Karachi
- a port in S Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea: capital of Pakistan (1947–60); university (1950); chief port: commercial and industrial centre. Pop: 11 819 000 (2005 est)
Show More
Sind
- a province of SE Pakistan, mainly in the lower Indus valley: formerly a province of British India; became a province of Pakistan in 1947; divided in 1955 between Hyderabad and Khairpur; reunited as a province in 1970. Capital: Karachi. Pop: 34 240 000 (2003 est). Area: 140 914 sq km (54 407 sq miles)
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Karachi
[(kuh-rah-chee)]
Largest city in Pakistan, in the southeastern part of the country, on the Arabian Sea near the Indus River delta; Pakistan's main seaport and industrial center.
Show More
Note
Karachi served as Pakistan's capital from 1947 to 1959.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.