What is another word for dacca?

Pronunciation: [dˈakə] (IPA)

Dacca is a word that refers to the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Some synonyms for Dacca include Dhaka, the City of Mosques, the Rickshaw Capital of the World, and the Capital of Bengal. Each of these synonyms offers a different perspective on the city of Dhaka. While some focus on its role as the political and cultural center of Bangladesh, others highlight its significant Muslim heritage, or its bustling transportation. Whether you are a traveler exploring the city or someone studying its history, these synonyms offer a diverse set of descriptors for the unique city of Dacca.

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  • Equivalence

    • Proper noun, singular
      Dhaka, daka.

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Usage examples for Dacca

I have only one supposed nest of this species, brought me from dacca by a native collector who worked there for me under Mr. F.B. Simson.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
The dacca muslin manufacture, which once employed thousands of hands, is quite at an end, so that it was with great difficulty that the specimens of these fabrics sent to the Great Exhibition of 1851, were procured.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker
I made the elevation of dacca by barometer only seventy-two feet above the sea; and the banks of the Dallisary being high, the level of its waters at this season is scarcely above that of the Bay of Bengal.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker

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