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Slumbai

Slumbai proper noun: derogatory name for Mumbai: a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India.

Proper noun

Slumbai

  1. (derogatory) Derogatory name for Mumbai: a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India.
    • How Slumbai is being shanghaied?2004 October 12, The Times of India
    • […] lose an opportunity to strike at the non-Maharashtrian population in “Slumbai”.2005, Outlook, page 21

Examples of Slumbai in a sentence

  • Probably because they have wonderful holiday/second/weekend homes in global cities like New York, London, Singapore or Dubai… Anywhere but Slumbai.2016 June 24, Srinath Sridharan, “Slum shame & rains: In Mumbai, sab chalta hai”, in The Asian Age:
  • A day before his arrest, he had tweeted, “You have arrested the wrong person, slumbai police.”2022 January 9, “‘Bulli Bai” accused Bishnoi tells police he hacked websites”, in Millennium Post:

Origin of Slumbai

Blend of slum + Mumbai.

Questions about Slumbai

What does Slumbai mean?
Slumbai means derogatory name for Mumbai: a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India.
How do you use Slumbai in a sentence?
Probably because they have wonderful holiday/second/weekend homes in global cities like New York, London, Singapore or Dubai… Anywhere but Slumbai.
What part of speech is Slumbai?
Slumbai is a proper noun.

Words near Slumbai in the dictionary

  1. slum guns
  2. slum it
  3. slum-dweller
  4. slum-dwellers
  5. slum-ridden
  6. Slumbai
  7. Slumbay
  8. slumber
  9. slumber coach
  10. slumber coaches
  11. slumber parties

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