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Bombay

//bɒmˈbeɪ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India. dated

    "Have you heard any word Of that bloke in the "Third" - Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim? They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay. But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay, He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way. I wonder what happened to him?"

  2. 2
    A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. 3
    A settlement south of Auckland, New Zealand.
  4. 4
    A town in Franklin County, New York, United States.
  5. 5
    A neighbourhood (Little Bombay) of Marion, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of Bombay cat (“domestic cat of a medium-sized shorthair breed”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi मुंबादेवी (mumbādevī, “goddess Mumba”) or from bom + baim. Most likely a combination of both.

Etymology 2

From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi मुंबादेवी (mumbādevī, “goddess Mumba”) or from bom + baim. Most likely a combination of both.

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