Bombay

nom proprenomcourant dans les dialogues

//bɒmˈbeɪ//

A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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vieilliThe former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India.
Have you heard any word 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?
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A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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A settlement south of Auckland, New Zealand.
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A town in Franklin County, New York, United States.
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A neighbourhood (Little Bombay) of Marion, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.

Étymologie

From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi मुंबादेवी (mumbādevī, “goddess Mumba”) or from bom + baim. Most likely a combination of both.

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Variante de Bombay catEllipsis of Bombay cat (“domestic cat of a medium-sized shorthair breed”).

Formes

pluriel: Bombays

BOLTS · Acronym used to remember the essential features of a map:…bomb · An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially,…Bomb · The atomic bomb; the capacity to launch a nuclear attack.

Bombay · A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

bombed · intoxicated; drunk or high bomber · A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.bombing · The action of dropping bombs from the air.

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