Bombay
Americannoun
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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 award-winner was a key writer and actress on the 1996 show, and later helped to bring Bollywood to the West End, by co-writing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams in 2002.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Gautam Patel, a former judge of the Bombay High Court, and his family were facing threats for more than 10 months following his 2024 judgment in the a succession dispute, external within a Muslim community.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Prakash says their exhibition is titled "Bombay Framed" rather than "Mumbai Framed" simply because most of the images come from a time when the city was officially known as Bombay.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
From Nana, Sadia heard beguiling stories about her grandmother’s young life in Bombay and later years in Karachi, Pakistan, where she fled after the 1947 Partition of India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Charlie Bombay had mentioned his wealth, and suddenly he was interesting to Dapo.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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