Bombay

American  

[bom-bey] / bɒmˈbeɪ /

noun

1. Mumbai.

2. a former state in W India: divided in 1960 into the Gujarat and Maharashtra states.

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Bombay British  

/ bɒmˈbeɪ /

noun

1. the former English name of Mumbai

2. a breed of black short-haired medium-sized cat

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Bombay Cultural  

1. City in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea. It is now officially called Mumbai.

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India's second-largest city, after Calcutta, Bombay is the only natural deep-water harbor in western India.

Example Sentences

Fearful of a future shackled to the home, Charu leaves at 16 to find her way in Bombay, the first of this pilgrim soul’s reinventions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yes, Gulf statelets like Aden were overseen by the Bombay presidency, and yes, the India rupee was, for the most part, their legal tender.

From The Wall Street Journal

If you were born in what once was Bombay, but raised a family in L.A., happy new year.

From Los Angeles Times

On Thursday, she surprised an Albany, N.Y.-bound passenger who ordered a double Bombay Sapphire by delivering his drink and addressing him by name.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pictured here were the streets of Bombay, tense and bristling with thousands of volunteers aligned with the Congress.

From BBC