Mumbai

[ muhm-bahy ]

/ ˈmʌm baɪ /

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noun

a seaport in and the capital of Maharashtra, in W India, on the Arabian Sea.

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Formerly Bombay.

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How to use Mumbai in a sentence

The July 30 release stars Alia Bhatt as the queen of Mumbai’s Kamathipura red-light district.
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He had them in front of him and told my mom, “Why don’t we send these pictures in and maybe she’ll have to go to Mumbai if she gets selected.”
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The 29-year-old stand-up comic from Mumbai was set to complete his first tour of India.
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All your airline tickets have Mumbai, the newspapers that used to be called the Bombay Times are now called the Mumbai Times.
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Kshitiz Bhutani, a media professional based in Mumbai, has recently tasted success in the stock market.
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He went on to lead Mumbai in scoring in a season that he began at age 15, making the international team at 16.
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Then in 2008 along came the Indian group Tata, based in Mumbai, which bought them from Ford for $2.3bn.
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MUMBAI, India—More than a decade ago, I accompanied Kailash Satyarthi on one of his rescues.
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She said “yes,” although a series of quarrels almost led to the $320,000 wedding in Mumbai being called off.
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Headlines were made in India when four—repeat four—young men made their way to Iraq from Mumbai to fight with ISIS.
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British Dictionary definitions for Mumbai

Mumbai

/ (mʊmˈbaɪ) /

noun

a port in W India, capital of Mahrashtra state, on the Arabian Sea: ceded by Portugal to England in 1661 and of major importance in British India; commercial and industrial centre, esp for cotton. Pop:11 914 398 (2001)Former English name: Bombay

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