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Bombay Hook

Bombay Hook proper noun: a point in Kent County, Delaware, United States.

Proper noun

Bombay Hook

  1. A point in Kent County, Delaware, United States
    Synonyms:
    Bombay Hook Point
  2. A natural region of modern-day Kent County, Delaware, United States.
  3. The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, a national park encompassing the natural region.

Synonyms of Bombay Hook

  • Bombay Hook Point

Origin of Bombay Hook

Borrowed from Middle Dutch Boompjes Hoeck (modern Dutch Boompjes Hoek, literally “Little-tree Hook”). Spelling influenced by, and thus remodeled after, Bombay (“historical name of Mumbai”) + hook (“a curve”), and thus also inadvertently a partial calque from Middle Dutch.

Words formed from Bombay Hook

  • Bombay Hook Island
  • Bombay Hook Point Shoal

Questions about Bombay Hook

What does Bombay Hook mean?
Bombay Hook means a point in Kent County, Delaware, United States.
What part of speech is Bombay Hook?
Bombay Hook is a proper noun.

Words near Bombay Hook in the dictionary

  1. Bombay cat
  2. Bombay cats
  3. Bombay chicken
  4. Bombay duck
  5. Bombay ducks
  6. Bombay Hook
  7. Bombay Marine
  8. Bombay mix
  9. Bombay potatoes
  10. Bombay pudding
  11. Bombay sandwich

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