Used in a Sentence

mumbai

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mumbai.

Editorial note

Regular (black and yellow) taxis and rickshaws exist in Mumbai and very few other Indian cities including Delhi.

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Quick take

A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of mumbai gathered in one view.

noun

A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mumbai.

noun

A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.

Example sentences

1

Regular (black and yellow) taxis and rickshaws exist in Mumbai and very few other Indian cities including Delhi.

2

A tiny stall in a mall in Mumbai or Manilla is cheap too.

3

If I am not wrong then there was a townhall meeting going on @ Mumbai headquarters when it all happened.

4

However only in Mumbai do they ply according to a meter.

5

Hi, There is a direct flight from Mumbai to EWR(Newark NJ).

6

I have lived in Mumbai for 22 years, and Canada for 8 years.

7

I was using the WiFi at the Bangalore or Mumbai airport one day when I realised that half of the websites appeared broken in some way.

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If you walk into a cafe in the middle of London (or Mumbai or Rio de Janeiro) and showed three random users in a coffee shop, say, RMS's site and a BBC news page about an equally esoteric subject and asked them questions like: * What did you learn by reading this page?

Quote examples

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People use landmarks; my favorite tea house lists its address as "Across from the HP petrol station, N M Joshi St, Mumbai...".

2

I think a lot of people in the US don't get that in a lot of ways, the middle class in Mumbai or Hyderabad is really a lot like the middle class in the US (it doesn't help that the diaspora in the US mostly came over in the 60s and 70s, and there's a kind of "frozen in amber" quality of their memories of the old country).

Proper noun examples

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Any international travel agent in Mumbai/Delhi/Bangalore/Hyderabad etc will help you build a good travel plan.

2

In Mumbai, motorised autorickshaws have completely replaced the people-drawn ones (which I'm told still exist in places like Chennai).

3

I hope other newspapers follow his lead, rather than simply outsourcing all their local coverage to Mumbai.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mumbai in a sentence?

Regular (black and yellow) taxis and rickshaws exist in Mumbai and very few other Indian cities including Delhi.

What does mumbai mean?

A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.

What part of speech is mumbai?

mumbai is commonly used as noun.