Bombay
a former state in W India: divided in 1960 into the Gujarat and Maharashtra states.
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How to use Bombay in a sentence
It’s unclear how much Bombay Sapphire is spending on experiential marketing now or what the brand plans to spend on experiential marketing going forward as Keller did not disclose those figures.
‘Didn’t want to launch a traditional experiential activation’: How Bombay Sapphire tweaked its approach to experiential marketing this holiday season | Kristina Monllos | December 27, 2021 | DigidayBombay’s huge talent pool, which the entertainment industry had for years failed to fully harness because it wanted to make essentially the same film over and over, began working at a furious pace.
Netflix v Modi and the battle for Indian cinema’s soul | Konstantin Kakaes | March 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewAnand Kaper was born in Bombay in October 1976, to an unwed mother in a small private hospital.
Despite mixed results, south Asian adoptees turn to DNA tests | Bhavya Dore | October 20, 2020 | QuartzBorn in Pune, near Bombay in India, Nagrani moved to California as a child.
The Hot Designer Who Hates Fashion: VK Nagrani Triumphs His Own Way | Tom Teodorczuk | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTD'Souza, 53, is a Bombay-born author and "documentarian" who served as an adviser for President Ronald Reagan.
Dinesh D’Souza: Ferguson Protesters Are Just Like ISIS | Olivia Nuzzi | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
“New York looks like Bombay,” Williams told the Associated Press in 1989.
The Political Passion of Robin Williams, From Reagan-Bashing to AIDS Prevention | Asawin Suebsaeng | August 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFirst, Emmerson ranges widely, from Germany to Paris, from Bombay to Tokyo.
Before the Fall: What Did the World Look Like in 1913? | Jacob Heilbrunn | June 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo the very eve of Partition, Jinnah was acquiring prime property in Karachi and Bombay.
Why Pakistan's Mohammed Ali Jinnah Was No Nelson Mandela | Kapil Komireddi | April 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the next year his mother returned to India with both her children, and the boy's next two years were spent at and near Bombay.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingHere it broke into the Calcutta and Bombay branches, each nearly a thousand miles in length.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThey wanted Papa and Mamma, gone to Bombay beyond the seas, and their grief while it lasted was without remedy.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingEven Judy's appeals to "try and remember about Bombay" failed to quicken him.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingYes, he knew they were to call at Bombay, which was a great harbour from which ships were frequently returning to England.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph Hocking
British Dictionary definitions for Bombay
/ (bɒmˈbeɪ) /
the former English name of Mumbai
a breed of black short-haired medium-sized cat
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Cultural definitions for Bombay
City in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea. It is now officially called Mumbai.
Notes for Bombay
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