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Mumbai
(redirected from Bom Bahia)

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Mum·bai  (mmb) Formerly Bom·bay (bm-b)
A city of west-central India on coastal Mumbai Island and adjacent Salsette Island. It is India's main port and commercial center. Population: 11,900,000.
Mumbai [mʊmˈbaɪ]
n
(Placename) the Hindi name for Bombay
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Noun1.Mumbai - a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
Bombay
Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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Mumbai [mʊmˈbaɪ] n → Mumbai
Mumbai
nt → Mumbai nt (new official name for Bombay)
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Mumbai, once known as Bombay, is one of the most densely populated cities in the world In 1533, when the Portuguese set up Bom Bahia, which means ?
Exciting Mumbai Home of Bollywood by John Hacking / Travel, recreation and leisure community
To most Indians these are not name changes at all, merely the restoration of ancient styles and titles like Mumbai which derives from the patroness-deity, Mumba-devi, corrupted by the early Portuguese to Bom Bahia (Good Bay) and subsequently by the British to Bombay.
What's in a name? by Evans, George / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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