Meaning of Bombay in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /bɑmˈbeɪ/

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  1. Noun

    Bombay

    Definitions

    1. a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea

    Examples

    • « India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta) »
    • « has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India »

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  • « Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens. »
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  • « Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay. »
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  • « Having grown up in Bombay, from the day you're born, you have absolute freedom to choose who you want to be. »
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  • « When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey. »
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