Mumbai
/mʊmˈbaɪ/
Mumbai proper noun: a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.
Proper noun
Mumbai
- A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.
- The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2021
- Synonyms:
- Bombay
Mumbai meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Mumbai in Hindi
- state capital of Maharashtra — see also Bombay
- मुंबई mumbaī, मुम्बई mumbaī, बम्बई bambaī, बंबई bambaī
Mumbai in Tamil
- state capital of Maharashtra — see also Bombay
- மும்பை mumpai
Mumbai in Marathi
- state capital of Maharashtra — see also Bombay
- मुंबई mumbaī
Mumbai in Urdu
- state capital of Maharashtra — see also Bombay
- ممبئی mumbaī, بمبئی bambaī
More languagesFewer languages
- Mumbai in Bengali
- মুম্বাই mumbai, মুম্বই mumboi
- Mumbai in Telugu
- ముంబై mumbai
- Mumbai in Malayalam
- മുംബൈ mumbai
- Mumbai in Kannada
- ಮುಂಬೈ mumbai, ಮುಂಬಯಿ mumbayi
- Mumbai in Punjabi
- ਮੁੰਬਈ mumbaī
- Mumbai in Gujarati
- મુંબઈ mumbaī
- Mumbai in Odia
- ମୁମ୍ବାଇ mumbāi
- Mumbai in Sanskrit
- बम्बई bambaī, मुम्बै mumbai
- Mumbai in Sinhala
- මුම්බායි mumbāyi
- Mumbai in Assamese
- মুম্বাই mumbai
- Mumbai in Nepali
- मुम्बई mumbaī
- Mumbai in Arabic
- مُومْبَاي mūmbāy
- Mumbai in Persian
- مُمبَی mumbay, بمبئی bomba'i
- Mumbai in Thai
- มุมไบ mum-bai
- Mumbai in Vietnamese
- Mumbai, Mạnh Mãi
- Mumbai in Myanmar
- မွမ်ဘိုင်း mwambhuing:
- Dhivehi
- މުންބާ mun̊bā
- Kashmiri
- بَمبَے bambay
Synonyms of Mumbai
Origin of Mumbai
From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī), from मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba, the local mother goddess”) + आई (āī, “mother”).
Words formed from Mumbai
Words that rhyme with Mumbai
Questions about Mumbai
- What does Mumbai mean?
- Mumbai means a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.
- What is Mumbai in Hindi?
- Mumbai in Hindi is मुंबई (mumbaī), मुम्बई (mumbaī), बम्बई (bambaī). See Mumbai meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Mumbai?
- Mumbai is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Mumbai?
- Mumbai is pronounced /mʊmˈbaɪ/.
Words near Mumbai in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Mumbai (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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