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Bombays

Bombays is the plural of Bombay.

Meaning of Bombay

Proper noun

Bombay

  1. (dated) The former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India.
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      Of that bloke in the "Third" -
      Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim?
      They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay.
      But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay,
      He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way.
      I wonder what happened to him?1945, Noël Coward, I Wonder What Happened to Him?
  2. A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A settlement south of Auckland, New Zealand.
  4. A town in Franklin County, New York, United States.
  5. A neighbourhood (Little Bombay) of Marion, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.

Questions about Bombays

What is Bombays the plural of?
Bombays is the plural of Bombay.

Words near Bombays in the dictionary

  1. Bombay sandwich
  2. Bombay sandwiches
  3. Bombay Time
  4. Bombayite
  5. Bombayites
  6. Bombays
  7. Bombaza
  8. bombazed
  9. bombazet
  10. bombazets
  11. bombazette

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bombays (page history and authors); Bombay (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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