Dhaka

or Dac·ca

[ dak-uh, dah-kuh ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Bangladesh, in the central part.

Dhaka

/ ˈdækə /

noun

1. the capital of Bangladesh, in the E central part: capital of Bengal (1608–39; 1660–1704) and of East Pakistan (1949–71); jute and cotton mills; university (1921). Pop: 12 560 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Most urban planners would despair at the prospect of making Dhaka climate-resilient.

From Time

Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is almost entirely surrounded by the waters of the Ganges River delta.

From Time

She remembers keenly the guilt and confusion she felt driving in Dhaka traffic with her family, watching barefoot children tapping the windows, begging for food and money.

From MIT Technology Review

Government officials in Bangladesh have halted all public transportation in light of an increase in Delta variant cases, prompting thousands to flee the capital city, Dhaka.

From Popular-Science

The researchers then put their food to the test in the Dhaka slum of Mirpur.

From Science News

Nearly two-thirds of the sewage in the megacity of Dhaka, with 15 million people, is untreated.

From The Daily Beast

With more than 1,000 people dead, the eight-story garment factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh is an almost unparalleled tragedy.

From The Daily Beast

Molotov cocktails hurled by them killed a pedestrian in the capital, Dhaka.

From The Daily Beast

This past May, missing her husband and 5-year-old daughter, she returned to Dhaka to write her dissertation.

From The Daily Beast

With them trickled dozens of our kind, some from as far away as Dhaka.

From The Daily Beast