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Karachi

/kəˈrɑːt͡ʃi/

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Karachi proper noun: the largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.

Proper noun

Karachi

  1. The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.
    • Abdul Sattar Edhi came to Karachi as a poor man from an Indian village in 1947.2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2018
    • Karachi, colourful buses, colourless buildings, graffitied walls, billboards advertising mobile phones and soft drinks and ice cream, birds circling in the white-hot sky.2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 208

Karachi meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

Karachi in Hindi

the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
कराची karācī, काराँची kārā̃cī, कारांची kārāñcī

Karachi in Marathi

the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
कराची karācī

Karachi in Urdu

the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
کَراچی karācī, کَرانْچی karāncī

Karachi in Bengali

the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
করাচী kôracī
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Karachi in Telugu
కరాచీ karācī
Karachi in Punjabi
ਕਰਾਚੀ karācī
Karachi in Nepali
कराँची karā̃cī
Karachi in Tagalog
Karachi
Karachi in Arabic
كَرَاتْشِي karātšī
Karachi in Thai
การาจี kā rā cī
Sindhi
ڪراچي karācī

Origin of Karachi

Borrowed from Urdu کراچی (karācī) and Borrowed from Sindhi ڪراچي (karācī) / कराची, from earlier ڪولاچي (kolācī) / कोलाची, named after Mai Kolachi.

Words formed from Karachi

Phrases with Karachi

Questions about Karachi

What does Karachi mean?
Karachi means the largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.
What is Karachi in Hindi?
Karachi in Hindi is कराची (karācī), काराँची (kārā̃cī), कारांची (kārāñcī). See Karachi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Karachi?
Karachi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Karachi?
Karachi is pronounced /kəˈrɑːt͡ʃi/.

Words near Karachi in the dictionary

  1. Karachay
  2. Karachay-Balkar
  3. Karachay-Cherkessia
  4. Karachays
  5. Karachev
  6. Karachi
  7. Karachi Division
  8. Karachiite
  9. Karachiites
  10. Karachite
  11. karack

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