Meanings
plural Bombayites
- a person from or residing in the city of Bombay.
The only identity she has ever felt at home in is that of a Bombayite, a lover of printed tiles and creaking balustrades and monsteras by rattan chairs in which you spend an afternoon reading Manto.
2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 231
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Origin
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Bombayite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bombayite
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