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bombay
/bɒmˈbeɪ/
name 5noun 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
former, next, used
VERB + BOMBAY
called, club, sail, set
BOMBAY + NOUN
capital, monday, mumbai, presidency
PREP.
between, from, in
ADV.
apart, then
Definitions
name
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
1
Ellipsis of Bombay cat (“domestic cat of a medium-sized shorthair breed”).
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Synonyms
noun — a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Se
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Idioms & Phrases
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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-
Wiktionary02
The ship set sail for Bombay.
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They will sail for Bombay next Monday.
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They will set sail for Bombay next Monday.
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Bombay is the former name of Mumbai and was given to it by the English.
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Your intelligence is as vast as the distance between Bombay and Mumbai.
Tatoeba · #618177Usage Notes
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