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Bombay

American

[bom-bey] / bɒmˈbeɪ /

noun

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

Bombay British

/ bɒmˈbeɪ /

noun

the former English name of Mumbai
a breed of black short-haired medium-sized cat

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Bombay Cultural

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.

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While Bombay brought cinema to India, cinema lived on its streets and not just on celluloid.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

They all wore handkerchiefs or printed Bombay Dyeing hand towels on their heads to stave off the sun.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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