Mumbai

[ muhm-bahy ]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Maharashtra, in W India, on the Arabian Sea.

Mumbai

/ mʊmˈbaɪ /

noun

1. a port in W India, capital of Mahrashtra state, on the Arabian Sea: ceded by Portugal to England in 1661 and of major importance in British India; commercial and industrial centre, esp for cotton. Pop:11 914 398 (2001) Former English nameBombay

Example Sentences

If so, then “All We Imagine as Light,” a visually bracing portrait of female friendship in Mumbai from Indian writer-director Payal Kapadia, deserves a look.

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The movie does for Mumbai what Wong did for Hong Kong, conjuring the precarious chaos of the city by day and the haunting stillness of its rain-soaked streets at night.

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You may want to book a ticket to Mumbai after seeing it.

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By the time she went to university, Kapadia was a regular at experimental, documentary and world cinema festivals in Mumbai.

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Early in the film, you hear someone saying they’ve lived in Mumbai for 23 years and they’re still afraid to call it home.

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