Dacca

/ (ˈdækə) /

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noun

the former name (until 1982) of Dhaka

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Words nearby Dacca

Dąbrowa Górnicza, dabster, DACA, da capo, dacarbazine, Dacca, dace, dacha, Dachau, Daché, dachshund

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How to use Dacca in a sentence

To outface and down-talk a Calcutta-taught Bengali, a voluble Dacca drug-vendor, would be a good game.
Kim|Rudyard Kipling
Kindly villagers, remembering the Dacca drug-vendor of two months ago, give him shelter against evil spirits of the wood.
Kim|Rudyard Kipling
With the fall of the sunlight upon his still triumphant face he returned to the humble Dacca quack.
Kim|Rudyard Kipling
They would tear off the rough border of their Dacca muslin, because it rubbed against their delicate skin.
Stories from Tagore|Rabindranath Tagore

They would tear off the rough border of their Dacca muslin, because it rubbed against their skin.
The Hungry Stones And Other Stories|Rabindranath Tagore