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The name Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई) originated from Mumbā or Mahā-Ambā—the name of the patron Hindu goddess (Kula Devata) Mumbadevi of the native Koli community [40] —and from ā'ī, meaning "mother" in the Marathi language, which is the mother tongue of the Koli people and the official language of Maharashtra.
Mumbai has housing structures known as Chawl ('chaali' in Marathi). These are the remnants of the once booming cotton mills which provided job opportunities and led to migration of people to Mumbai. Chawls still occupy a large portion of the Mumbai residential area.
Marathi (/ m ə ˈ r ɑː t i /; [15] मराठी, Marāṭhī, pronounced [məˈɾaːʈʰiː] ⓘ) is a classical Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also spoken in other states like in Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and the territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman ...
The name Mumbai is derived from Mumba Devi. [1] The creek and fort are now deteriorated to a point at which they are but derelict reminders of the city's past. The temple, on the other hand, is still active. [2] The goddess Mumba was patron of the Marathi speaking Koli people, [3] the original inhabitants of the Seven Islands of Bombay. She is ...
Bombay Hindi, also known as Bambaiya Hindi or Mumbaiya Hindi, [1] is the Hindustani dialect spoken in Mumbai, in the Konkan region of India. [1] [2] Its vocabulary is largely from Hindi–Urdu, [1] [2] additionally, it has the predominant substratum of Marathi-Konkani, which is the official language and is also widely spoken in the Konkan division of Maharashtra. [3]
Marathi Hindu people are historically endogamous within their caste but exogamous with their clan. [citation needed] Cross-cousin alliances are allowed by most Marathi Hindu communities. [128] Hindu marriages, more often than not, take place by negotiation. The mangalasutra is the symbol of marriage for the woman.
Navi Mumbai (Marathi: [nəʋiː mumbəi]; previously New Bombay) also called New Mumbai is a planned city next to Mumbai, located in the Konkan division of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, on the mainland of India. Navi Mumbai is situated in Thane district. It is a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Area.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (ISO: Muṁbaī Mahānagara Pradēśa; abbreviated to MMR and previously also known as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area), [6] [7] is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra in western India.