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Chinese
Etymology
Probably from English Bombay or Portuguese Bombaim through Hokkien.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
望眉
- (obsolete) Bombay, Mumbai
1838, 梁廷枏, editor, 粵海關志, volume 24, page 22:
風俗同𠻾𠷯，物產惟血蝎為𠻾𠷯所無。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
风俗同𠻾𠷯，物产惟血蝎为𠻾𠷯所无。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: translated in 2019 April 2, After Diu: The Forgotten Islamic Trade in Early Nineteenth Century Cantonese Confucian Historiography, by Hung Tak Wai (孔德維), Journal of Islam in Asia, International Islamic University Malaysia, pg. 121-122
- Fēngsú tóng Wàngméi, wùchǎn wéi xuè xiē wéi Wàngméi suǒ wú.
- The culture of Sula-guo is similar to that of Bombay, and the products of the two places are similar too except Bombay does not have the dragons blood (Sanguis Draconis) Sula-guo produces.
1915 March 15, 國民日報 [Kok Min Yit Poh/Chinese Morning Post], Singapore, page 11:
火車標望眉牛油總發行 [MSC, trad.]
火车标望眉牛油总发行 [MSC, simp.]- huǒchē biāo wàngméi niúyóu zǒng fāxíng
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
- 孟買／孟买 (Mèngmǎi), (obsolete) 孟美 (Mèngměi)
References
- H. W. Firmstone (1905) “Chinese Names of Streets and Places in Singapore and the Malay Peninsula”, in Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 42, page 197
- Barclay, Thomas (1923) “bōng”, in Supplement to Dictionary of the Amoy Colloquial Language (overall work in Hokkien and English), Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Limited, page 12