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Bombay

American  
[bom-bey] / bɒmˈbeɪ /

noun

  1. Mumbai.

  2. a former state in W India: divided in 1960 into the Gujarat and Maharashtra states.

Bombay British  
/ bɒmˈbeɪ /

noun

  1. the former English name of Mumbai

  2. a breed of black short-haired medium-sized cat

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Bombay Cultural  

  1. City in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea. It is now officially called Mumbai.

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India's second-largest city, after Calcutta, Bombay is the only natural deep-water harbor in western India.

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