Mumbai
/mʊmˈbaɪ/ name
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- 1 A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.
"The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects."
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More examples"Mumbai is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra."
Etymology
From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī), from मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba, the local mother goddess”) + आई (āī, “mother”).