Rawalpindi

[ rah-wuhl-pin-dee ]

noun

1. a city in N Pakistan: former provisional capital.

Rawalpindi

/ rɔːlˈpɪndɪ /

noun

1. an ancient city in N Pakistan: interim capital of Pakistan (1959–67) during the building of Islamabad. Pop: 1 794 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

One of the two brothers would travel as far as Peshawar or even Rawalpindi to use a pay phone.

From The Daily Beast

KSM, for example, was caught in Rawalpindi in 2003 and Zubaydah was caught a year earlier in Faisalabad.

From The Daily Beast

A comfortable home in a military cantonment in the city of Rawalpindi.

From The Daily Beast

A gutsy attack and hostage-taking at the general headquarters of the Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi brought us new boogeymen.

From The Daily Beast

The railway to Rawalpindi, and a driving road thence to Srinagar make the valley easy of access.

From Project Gutenberg

By the Kashmir route Gilgit is 400 m. from the rail-head at Rawalpindi.

From Project Gutenberg