Bombay
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the former English name of Mumbai
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a breed of black short-haired medium-sized cat
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India's second-largest city, after Calcutta, Bombay is the only natural deep-water harbor in western India.
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The city's name was officially changed from Bombay to Mumbai in the mid-1990s.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The crowded, corrupt Bombay of the mid-1990s is home to the Vakeels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
At IIT Bombay - one of India's top technology institutes that was once a near-guaranteed passport to prosperity - fresh graduates are leaving with lower salaries than their predecessors.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
It was simply more convenient for the British to supervise Aden, for instance, from Bombay than from London.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
She couldn’t imagine this ever happening at Bombay Bistro, a tiny Indian buffet place that was her family’s idea of a fancy dinner out.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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