BOMBAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombay mean? 

• BOMBAY (noun)
  The noun BOMBAY has 1 sense:

1. a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India

  Familiarity information: BOMBAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOMBAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Bombay; Mumbai

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Bombay" is a part of...):

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)