Karachi

[ kuh-rah-chee ]

/ kəˈrɑ tʃi /

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a seaport in S Pakistan, near the Indus delta: former national capital; now capital of Sind province.

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Words nearby Karachi

kaput, Kara, karabiner, Karachai, Karachai-Cherkess Republic, Karachi, Karadžić, Karafuto, Karaganda, Karaite, Karaj

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He and other Taliban sources claim that in Karachi as many as 50 to 60 Taliban are given summary executions each month.
Pakistani School Killers Want to Strike the U.S.|Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Uzbeks were responsible for a recent attack on Karachi airport, he said, and “it looks like of the attack in Peshawar is same.”
Pakistani School Killers Want to Strike the U.S.|Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He moved to Afghanistan and then back to Pakistan via Quetta and is now in Karachi.
Pakistani School Killers Want to Strike the U.S.|Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Pakistani Taliban struck again this time with a deadly attack at the Karachi airport last Sunday.
Fighting The Talibanization Of Pakistan|Dr. Mona Kazim Shah|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Prime Minister David Cameron is undoubtedly concerned about blowback, and the British consulate in Karachi is already closed.
Altaf Hussain Finally Arrested in London; Can His MQM Be Neutralized?|Bruce Riedel|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Arriving in India, we were accompanied out of Karachi by a dozen Englishmen who were practically novices at cycling.
The Harmsworth Magazine, Vol. 1, 1898-1899, No. 6|Various
It is not 149 the route which now connects Karachi and Las Bela, but belongs to the later medival phase of history.
The Gates of India|Thomas Holdich
"Celadon" ware is abundant from Karachi to Babylon, and some of it is of extraordinary fineness and beauty of glaze.
The Gates of India|Thomas Holdich
It is not difficult to reach Las Bela from Karachi by following the modern telegraph line.
The Gates of India|Thomas Holdich
We spent Thursday, by the bye, at Karachi, an awful hole it looks—treeless and waterless and very much the modern port.
Letters from Mesopotamia|Robert Palmer

British Dictionary definitions for Karachi

Karachi

/ (kəˈrɑːtʃɪ) /

noun

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)

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Cultural definitions for Karachi

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.

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Karachi served as Pakistan's capital from 1947 to 1959.

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