bombay

Questions about bombay

What does bombay mean?

bombay means "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".

How many syllables are in bombay?

bombay has 2 syllables: bom-bay. The stress falls on "bay". In IPA it is /bɑmˈbeɪ/.

What is another word for bombay?

Close synonyms include Mumbai. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bombay a common word?

bombay is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bombay?

5 words rhyme with bombay. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.