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Mumbai

mum·bai

UK/mʊmˈbaɪ/ US/ˌmʊˈmbaɪ/ fairly common

noun

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a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India''s 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India

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From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī), from मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba, the local mother goddess”) + आई (āī, “mother”).

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