Meanings
- A point in Kent County, Delaware, United States
Synonyms: Bombay Hook Point
- A natural region of modern-day Kent County, Delaware, United States.
- The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, a national park encompassing the natural region.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA point in Kent County, Delaware, United States
Origin
- Middle DutchBoompjes Hoeck
- EnglishBombay Hook
Borrowed from Middle Dutch Boompjes Hoeck (modern Dutch Boompjes Hoek, literally “Little-tree Hook”). Spelling influenced by, and thus remodeled after, Bombay (“historical name of Mumbai”) + hook (“a curve”), and thus also inadvertently a partial calque from Middle Dutch.
More words from Middle Dutch
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch Boompjes Hoek
- Boompjes Hoeknatural region and national park
Cite this entry
Bombay Hook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bombay%20Hook
“Bombay Hook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bombay%20Hook. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bombay Hook,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bombay%20Hook.
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