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Vinony

Bombay

proper noun

  1. Indian city
  2. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bɒmˈbeɪ/

name

Etymology: From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi मुंबादेवी (mumbādevī, “goddess Mumba”) or from bom + baim. Most likely a combination of both.

  1. The former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India.

    “Have you heard any word Of that bloke in the "Third" - Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim? They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay. But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay, He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way. I wonder what happened to him?”

  2. A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A settlement south of Auckland, New Zealand.
  4. A town in Franklin County, New York, United States.
  5. A neighbourhood (Little Bombay) of Marion, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.

noun

Etymology: From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi मुंबादेवी (mumbādevī, “goddess Mumba”) or from bom + baim. Most likely a combination of both.

  1. Ellipsis of Bombay cat (“domestic cat of a medium-sized shorthair breed”).