What is bombay?

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Prince

bombay is today known as MUMBAI. Actually the name was MUMBAI but as the Britishers could not pronounce it properly the pronounced it as BOMBAY.
So bombay and mumbai both are same place in India. It one of the metro cities in India. The other three metro cities are Delhi, Kolkatta (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras).

vakayil k

Bombay is a commercial city of India and is the Capital of Maharashtra State.

S.T.N

a city

Karen

I believe that Bombay is another way of saying Mumbai... which is a city in India.

Mumbai is a metropolis city in India. And 'Bombay' is its older name.

wickedman

Bombay is name of a city in India. Also known as the financial hub of India. Original name Mumbai. Mumbai named after Indian Goddess named "Mumba devi". Name changed from Mumbai to Bombay by Britishers during their rule on India. Bombay named after a very common fish found at the shores of Bombay named "Bombil". Now the name of Bombay has been again changed back to Mumbai.

Location of Bombay:
Continent: Asia, Country: India, Location: Southern tip of Asia
Location of Bombay on world map: 18.55 N Latitude; 72.55 E Longitude.

Angel S

Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई Mumbaī, IPA: /ˈmumbəi/ (help·info)), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. With an estimated population of about 13 million, it is the largest metropolis in India and one of the most populous cities in the world. With a population of 19 million, Mumbai Metropolitan Area that includes cities of Navi Mumbai & Thane is also the world's 5th most populated metropolitan area.

Handy

its a city

mal.nabanita

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Commander MJ

Bombay is an anglicised form of the Portuguese Bom baio meaning "Good bay or harbour". As usual the people who post answers reveal nothing more than their ignorance and prejudice. The name Mumbai reflects the Indian pronunciation of the name and is not an excuse to invent pseudo-histories or slate the British.

Saravana S

bombay is a bollywood movie

raj kumar

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kenneth

The name Mumbai is an eponym, etymologically derived from Mumba or Maha-Amba— the name of the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi, and Aai — mother in Marathi. The former name Bombay had its origins in the 16th century when the Portuguese arrived in the area and called the place with various names, which would finally take on the written form Bombaim, still common in current Portuguese use. After the British gained possession in the 17th century, it was anglicised to Bombay, although it was known as Mumbai or Mambai to Marathi and Gujarati-speakers, and as Bambai in Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi. However, even Marathi and Gujarati-speakers commonly used "Bombay" when speaking in English. The name was officially changed to its Marathi pronunciation of Mumbai in 1995.

A widespread explanation of the origin of the traditional English name Bombay holds that it would be derived from a Portuguese name meaning good bay. This is based on the fact that bom (masc.) is Portuguese for good whereas the English word bay is similar to the Portuguese baía (fem., bahia in old spelling). The normal Portuguese rendering of good bay would have been boa bahia rather than the grammatically incorrect bom bahia. However, it is possible to find the form baim (masc.) for little bay in sixteen century Portuguese.

Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई Mumbaī, IPA: /ˈmumbəi/ (help·info)), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. With an estimated population of about 13 million, it is the largest metropolis in India and one of the most populous cities in the world. With a population of 19 million, Mumbai Metropolitan Area that includes cities of Navi Mumbai & Thane is also the world's 5th most populated metropolitan area.

Mumbai is one of the world's top 10 centers of commerce in terms of global financial flow. Mumbai is also the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses important financial institutions, such as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and the corporate headquarters of many Indian companies and numerous multinational corporations. The city is home to Bollywood, the largest film industry in the world. Mumbai attracts migrants from all over India because of the immense employment opportunities and the relatively high standard of living.

Located off the west coast of India, Mumbai has a deep natural sea harbour. The city handles over half of India's passenger traffic and a significant amount of cargo. Mumbai is also one of the few cities in the world that accommodates a national park, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, within its city limits.

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There is a shop in Riyadh...seems to be interior decoration. ...it called "Bombay"....

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