Bombay
pronunciation
How to pronounce Bombay in British English:
UK [bɔm'bei]
How to pronounce Bombay in American English:
US [bɑmˈbe]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- Bombay
- city in western India, from Portuguese, and popularly explained as Portuguese bom bahia "good bay," but that seems folk etymology (for one, the adjective is masculine and the noun is feminine), and the more likely candidate is the local Mumbadevi "Goddess Mumba," a Hindu deity worshipped there. The city's name officially changed to Mumbai in 1995.
Example
- 1. I had a friend who served for three years in bombay .
- 2. One of my favorite competitions was the bombay sapphire designer glass competition .
- 3. The note , for examples , might be tied to the bombay stock exchange 's sensex .
- 4. Those hopes helped lift the bombay stock exchange by over 20 % from the election result to the eve of the budget .
- 5. In the bombay I grew up in , your religion was a personal eccentricity , like a hairstyle .