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Bombay
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The former name of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
"The city was officially renamed from Bombay to Mumbai in 1995."
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Etymology
From Portuguese Bombaim, likely linked to the Marathi goddess name Mumbādevī.