Bollywood
Syllables: Bol·ly·woodUK/ˈbɒ.li.wʊd//ˈbɑ.li.wʊd/
Bollywood proper noun: the Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai.
Proper noun
Bollywood
- The Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai.
- Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302
- The cinema of India in general, no matter the region.
- Fawad Khan, an actor, singer and producer with a huge following in India, announced his Bollywood comeback last week, sending fans into a frenzy, 18 months after an Indian court effectively ruled that a de facto industry ban on Pakistani talent imposed in 2016 was illegal.2025 April 7, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistani star’s Bollywood return excites fans and riles far right”, in CNN
Bollywood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Bollywood in Hindi
- Indian film industry
- बॉलीवुड bŏlīvuḍ
Bollywood in Tamil
- Indian film industry
- பாலிவுட் pālivuṭ
Bollywood in Marathi
- Indian film industry
- बॉलीवुड bŏlīvuḍ, बॉलीवूड bŏlīvūḍ
Bollywood in Urdu
- Indian film industry
- بالی وڈ bālī oḍ
More languagesFewer languages
- Bollywood in Bengali
- বলিউড boliuḍ
- Bollywood in Telugu
- బాలీవుడ్ bālīvuḍ
- Bollywood in Malayalam
- ബോളിവുഡ് bōḷivuḍŭ
- Bollywood in Kannada
- ಬಾಲಿವುಡ್ bālivuḍ
- Bollywood in Punjabi
- ਬਾਲੀਵੁੱਡ bālīvuḍḍa
- Bollywood in Gujarati
- બોલીવુડ bolīvuḍ
- Bollywood in Sinhala
- බොලිවුඩ් boliwuḍ
- Bollywood in Pashto
- باليووډ
- Bollywood in Arabic
- بُولِيوُود buliwūd
- Bollywood in Persian
- بالیوود
- Bollywood in Thai
- บอลลีวู้ด bonlee-wóodo
- Bollywood in Vietnamese
- Bollywood
- Kashmiri
- بٲلی وُڈ bạ̄ly vuḍ
Synonyms of Bollywood
Forms of Bollywood
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Origin of Bollywood
Blend of Bombay + Hollywood.
Words formed from Bollywood
Words that rhyme with Bollywood
Questions about Bollywood
- What does Bollywood mean?
- Bollywood means the Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai.
- What is Bollywood in Hindi?
- Bollywood in Hindi is बॉलीवुड (bŏlīvuḍ). See Bollywood meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Bollywood?
- Bollywood is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Bollywood?
- Bollywood is pronounced /ˈbɒ.li.wʊd/ (UK).
Words near Bollywood in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Bollywood (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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