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Karachiite
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English
Etymology
From en Karachi ite.
Noun
s
A person from or a resident of Karachi, Pakistan.
en 2002 Kamila Shamsie Kartography Bloomsbury (2003) 209 If we had more reliable systems of law and governance, perhaps our friendships would be shallower. But with no one to rely on except one another, Karachiites come together in times of crises with attitudes which suggest that no matter what else we are in our lives – bankers, teachers, hypochondriacs, cynics, Marxists, feudals, vegetarians, divorcees, bigamists, anorexics, dyslexics, sexists – our real vocation is friendship.
Alternative forms
Karachite