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Bombay (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 18 58 30 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 18.9750 decimal degrees |
Long: 072 49 33 E degrees minutes |
Long: 72.8258 decimal degrees |
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Note: Under Hindu rule until 1348, then taken by Muslims; ceded to Portugal by Sultan of Gujarat 1534; ceded to Great Britain in marriage agreement between Charles II and the Portuguese Infanta Catherine; center for British East India Company from 1685 to 1708. |
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Mumbai (preferred,C,V)
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Mumbai (Marathi (transliterated),U)
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Bombay (H,V,English-P,U,N)
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Bombay ()
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Asumumbay (NA,V)
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Numbai (NA,V)
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मुंबई (NA,V,Marathi,U)
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בומביי (C,U,Hebrew )
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Bombay (inhabited place) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Bombay (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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city (C) |
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state capital (C) |
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financial center (C) |
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commercial center (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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educational center (C) |
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University of Bombay established 1857 |
transportation center (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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Additional Notes: |
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American English ..... Under Hindu rule until 1348, then taken by Muslims; ceded to Portugal by Sultan of Gujarat 1534; ceded to Great Britain in marriage agreement between Charles II and the Portuguese Infanta Catherine; center for British East India Company from 1685 to 1708. Under British imperial rule, the city was known as Bombay. It was renamed to Mumbai in 1995. |
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