Where does “Bombay” come from?

Bombay (Cebuano) comes from Spanish Bombay, from Portuguese Bombaim, from Marathi मुंबादेवी — goddess Mumba.

Bombay (Cebuano): an onion; a monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice

Definitions

  1. an onion; a monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice

Ancestry of “Bombay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishBombay—
2PortugueseBombaimBombay cat breed
3Marathiमुंबादेवीgoddess Mumba

Words derived from “Bombay”

Every word from Marathi मुंबादेवी →Every word from Portuguese Bombaim →Every word from Spanish Bombay →