Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- See Mumbai.
Wiktionary
- n. Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India.
- n. A medium size short hair domestic cat breed meant to resemble a Black Panther, developed in Kentucky during the 1950s.
- n. A cat of the Bombay breed.
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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
Etymologies
- From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi Mumbadevi ("goddess Mumba"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Fitzgerald, the Governor of Bombay, as follows: -- ` _Sir Bartle Frere wishes health and prosperity to all old friends in Bombay_. ”
The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables
“Presidency of Bombay in favor of Ragoba, did afterwards, when it appeared that those negotiations were _entirely laid aside_, declare that his apprehension of the consequence of a pretended _intrigue_ between the Mahrattas and the French _was the sole motive of all the late measures taken for the support of the Presidency of Bombay_; but that neither of the preceding declarations contained the true motives and objects of the said Hastings, whose real purpose, as it appeared soon after, was, to make use of the superiority of the British power in”
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12)
“I think my Grandmother's home in Bombay is an extreme case, where, at some point, my grandmother and aunt got tired of the jangling doorbell and now just prop the door open all day.”
“PHOTO: A blogger named Vinu in Bombay is uploading photos of damage from the attacks, including the image above; more photos are being uploaded as I type this post (thanks, Maurice Reeves).”
“The city of Bombay is home to a vast and vibrant community of Gujaratis and my grandmom (aji) in Bombay has a host of Gujarati neighbors and friends.”
“Living and eating in Bombay is what started me off on a firm foodie footing.”
“Just to drive in the twenty miles or so from Santa Cruz to Bombay is to confront a festering mass of degrading humanity, for which despite his reading the imagination of the Westerner has not really prepared him.”
“SlumDog tells nothing about Bombay, haven't seen SlumDog but lived in Bombay for almost 6 months and that is my opinion sandeepa”
“While Bombay is the city of the middle classes comfortable with an imperial multiculturalism in which they occupied an upper berth, Mumbai is the city of the working and lower classes.”
Bombs, slums, and brightly-coloured balloons « Squares of Wheat
“The southern end of Bombay is a playground for ideas in Gothic decoration that make St Pancras look like the work of Mies van der Rohe.”
Bombs, slums, and brightly-coloured balloons « Squares of Wheat
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cat breeds
cat breeds
American Bobtail, American Curl, American Longhair, American Shorthair, Abyssinian, Aegean cat, Australian Mist, American Polydactyl, American Wirehair, Arabian Mau, Asian (cat), Asian Semi-longhair and 82 more...
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Dis Wordz R Da Bomb
time bomb, hydrogen bomb, trucker bomb, bombardier, pipe bomb, smoke bomb, atom bomb, ticking time bomb, dirty bomb, carpet bomb, cluster bomb, bomblet and 34 more...
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Cat Breeds
This list includes domestic cat breeds and domestic/wild hybrids.
Abyssinian, Aegean, American Bobtail, American Curl, American Longhair, American Polydactyl, American Shorthair, American Wirehair, Asian, Asian Semi-longhair, Australian Mist, Balinese and 80 more...
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