Mumbai

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4/23/2024, 9:35 PM Mike C mumbai added (from user-submitted name 384643)
11/7/2021, 11:34 PM HL

Type Settlement
Usage Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Urdu, English, German, Russian
Scripts मुंबई(Marathi, Hindi) મુંબઈ(Gujarati) ಮುಂಬೈ(Kannada) മുംബൈ(Malayalam) ముంబై(Telugu) ممبئی(Urdu) Мумбаи(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. muwm-BIE(English) MOOM-bie(German)

Meaning & History

From Marathi मुंबा (Mumba), the name of an incarnation of the Hindu mother goddess Devi, combined with आई (ai) meaning "mother". This is the name of a city in Maharashtra, India, formerly called Bombay.