Karachi

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/kəˈrɑːt͡ʃi/

proper noun

The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.

OriginSindhi ڪراچي (karācī) ← Urdu کراچی (karācī) →
Less commonScrabble 16
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Meanings

proper noun
  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
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    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

Origin

  1. Sindhiڪراچي (karācī)
  2. Urduکراچی (karācī)
  3. Sindhiڪراچي (karācī)
  4. EnglishKarachi

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

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Translations

Arabic كَرَاتْشِي
  • كَرَاتْشِي (karātšī)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Basque Karatxi
  • Karatxithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Bengali করাচী
  • করাচী (kôracī)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Bulgarian Кара́чи
  • Кара́чи (Karáči)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Catalan Karachi
  • Karachithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Chinese Mandarin 卡拉奇
  • 卡拉奇 (Kǎlāqí)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Czech Karáčí
  • Karáčíthe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Danish Karachi
  • Karachithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Dutch Karachi
  • Karachithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Esperanto Karaĉio
  • Karaĉiothe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Finnish Karachi
  • Karachithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
French Karachi
  • Karachithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
German Karatschi
  • Karatschithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Hindi कराची, काराँची
  • कराची (karācī)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
  • काराँची (kārā̃cī)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
  • कारांची (kārāñcī)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Hungarian Karacsi
  • Karacsithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Italian Karachi
  • Karachithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Japanese カラチ
  • カラチ (Karachi)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Korean 카라치
  • 카라치 (Karachi)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Latvian Karāči
  • Karāčithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Lithuanian Karačis
  • Karačisthe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Polish Karaczi
  • Karaczithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Portuguese Karachi, Carachi
  • Karachithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Carachithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Punjabi ਕਰਾਚੀ
  • ਕਰਾਚੀ (karācī)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Russian Кара́чи
  • Кара́чи (Karáči)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Slovak Karáči
  • Karáčithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Spanish Karachi
  • Karachithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Tagalog Karachi
  • Karachithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Thai การาจี
  • การาจี (kā rā cī)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Turkish Karaçi
  • Karaçithe capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
Urdu کَراچی, کَرانْچی
  • کَراچی (karācī)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan
  • کَرانْچی (karāncī)the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

chikarakrachaiKachari
Cite this entry
APA

Karachi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karachi

MLA

“Karachi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karachi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Karachi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karachi.

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