Bombay (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Places 2 *Film and television 3 Food and drink 4 Music 5 Others 6 Possible confusions

Bombay might refer to:

[edit] Places

• Bombay is the former name of the Indian city of Mumbai.
• Bombay State is the name of a former state in India, partitioned in 1960 into Gujarat and Maharashtra. It was previously a province known as Bombay Presidency in British India.
• Isle of Bombay is the name of one the Seven islands of Bombay that was merged to create city of Bombay.
• Bombay, New York is the name of a town in Franklin County, New York in the United States.
• The Bombay Hills, New Zealand mark the traditional southern boundary of Auckland, New Zealand. There is a small village in them also named Bombay.

[edit] *Film and television

• Bombay (film) is a 1995 Tamil film by Mani Ratnam.
• Bombay Dreams is a musical produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, composed by A. R. Rahman.
• Salaam Bombay is a 1988 film by Mira Nair telling the stories of street children in Bombay.
• Gordon Bombay is the head coach and protagonist of the Mighty Ducks film trilogy.
• Bombay Boys is a 1998 film by Kaizad Gustad
• Dr. Bombay is a character in the television series Bewitched

[edit] Food and drink

• Bombay mix is a traditional Indian snack.
• Bombay Gin and Bombay Sapphire are widely-distributed brands of gin.
• Bombay duck, a fish named after Bombay

[edit] Music

• Dr. Bombay is the pseudonym of Eurodance artist Jonny Jakobsen.

[edit] Others

• Bombay Company (and Bombay Outlet) is a chain of shops selling household goods and furniture
• The Bristol Bombay was a British bomber aircraft named after the Indian city.
• The Bombay (cat) is a breed of domestic cat
• The Bombay blood group is a rare blood type except in parts of India where a frequency of 1 in 7,600 has been observed.
• HMS Bombay, name of several Royal Navy ships

[edit] Possible confusions

• A bomb bay is the area of a bomber aircraft where the bombs are stored.