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Karachi

noun

The largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan.

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Etymology of 'Karachi'

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"Karachi" Quotes from Famous Books

... above all, thirsty. He was haunted by a dread of fever, and so contrived strange torments for himself with overdoses of quinine. He ceased to be traceable from Chexington in March, and he reappeared in the form of a telegram from Karachi demanding news in May. He learnt he was the father of a man-child and that ...

— The Research Magnificent • H. G. Wells

... life. In 1845, when Sir Charles Napier had conquered and annexed Sind, despite a fraction (mostly venal) which sought favour with the now defunct "Court of Directors to the Honourable East India Company," the veteran began to consider his conquest with a curious eye. It was reported to him that Karachi, a townlet of some two thousand souls and distant not more than a mile from camp, supported no less than three lupanars or borders, in which not women but boys and eunuchs, the former demanding nearly a double price,[FN360] lay for hire. Being then the only British officer who could speak ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton

... of yesterday's Christmas Number of the Daily Gazette already exceeds that of last year's Christmas Number by more than 50 per cent. The sell is still going on actively."—Daily Gazette (Karachi). ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 31, 1917 • Various

Words linked to "Karachi" : West Pakistan, city, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, metropolis, Pakistan, urban center