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Karachi

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Ka·ra·chi  (k-räch)
A city of southern Pakistan on the Arabian Sea. Developed as a trading center in the early 18th century, it passed to the British in 1843 and was the capital of newly independent Pakistan from 1947 until 1959. Population: 11,600,000.
Karachi [kəˈrɑːtʃɪ]
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(Placename) a port in S Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea: capital of Pakistan (1947-60); university (1950); chief port: commercial and industrial centre. Pop.: 9 269 265 (1998)
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Noun1.KarachiKarachi - the largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947


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They came back by way of Karachi by sea, when Kim took his first experience of sea-sickness sitting on the fore-hatch of a coasting- steamer, well persuaded he had been poisoned.
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