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Definition of Karachi

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

Definition of Karachi

1. Proper noun. The capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan, situated along the Arabian Sea. It is the largest city in Pakistan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Karachi

Literary usage of Karachi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"Karachi. History.—From the early Arab invasions of Sind in the begi of the eighth century AD down to the time (1839) hen Karachi town was taken by the ..."

2. A Memoir on the Indian Surveys by Clements Robert Markham (1878)
"The Surveyor General himself had been overworked with his multifarious duties, and had been prostrated by fever; but joined the party at Karachi, ..."

3. Speeches by George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon (1902)
"Address from the Karachi Municipality. and sinew of our strength—from an incubus Which is ... Karachi was reached on the morning of the 27th, and, at n AM, ..."

4. 14,000 Miles Through the Air by Ross Macpherson Smith (1922)
"CHAPTER VII Karachi TO RANGOON THE usual procedure of overhauling the engines and machine and refilling our tanks with petrol had to be carried out before ..."

5. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1888)
"ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OP Karachi ... One example identical with the British type received from the Municipal Museum taken in Karachi. ..."

6. Catalogues of the Hindi, Panjabi, Sindhi, and Pushtu Printed Books in the by James Fuller Blumhardt, Lionel David Barnett (1893)
"IAAI [Karachi, 1881.] 16°.. Ъ. 8Л.) - Grammar of the Sindhi language. ... [Karachi, Vernacular grammar for Sindhi students, with exercises. ..."

7. The Pamirs: Being a Narrative of a Year's Expedition on Horseback and on by Charles Adolphus Murray Dunmore (1893)
"CHAPTER I. Arrival at Karachi—Lahore—Rawal Pindi—Chinese Passport— Pony ... Landed in India at Karachi after a very pleasant passage and left at once by the ..."

8. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"47, districts Karachi and Hyderabad ; No. 48, districts Karachi and Hyderabad ; No. 68, district Hyderabad.—Upper Burma Surveys, 1 inch to a mile, ..."

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