Dacca

/ ˈdækə /

noun

1. the former name (until 1982) of Dhaka

Example Sentences

It found a similar modus operandi, where the news outlets "reference and promote each other constantly", with misleading names such as "Times of Bombay, The Delhi Times, and Dacca Times".

From BBC

"One can only hope,” he said, reaching for another, "that Dacca’s refugees are as heartily fed. Which reminds me.”

From Literature

If the US leg of the Dacca’s Rock or Bust tour resembles the European dates, be prepared for all the above.

From The Guardian

Writes Ali in the poem “The Dacca Gauzes”: “Those transparent Dacca Gauzes / known as woven air, running / water, evening dew: / a dead art now, dead over / a hundred years.”

From Architectural Digest

The next claim came from Rajendralal De, an Indian chemist working in Dacca, then part of British India and now in Bangladesh.

From Scientific American