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MUMBAI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mumbai mean?
• MUMBAI (noun)
The noun MUMBAI 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: MUMBAI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Mumbai" 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)
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