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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Following a public interest litigation filed by three judicial organisations, the Bombay High Court ordered the Maharashtra government to provide protection to Patel.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
From fishing nets to ports and mills to malls, Bombay has constantly reinvented itself and remained a city in flux.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
From Parsi philanthropists and Maharashtrian nobility to mill workers and marginalised migrant settlers, the photographs showcase the city's many faces that stake a claim to the making of 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
"Maybe I should audition for a Bollywood movie. I might get a bigger part in Bombay than on Broadway."
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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