कायहो मुंबई बंदर उमदा कोठ्यावधि फिरतात जहाजे ॥
अजब कंपनी शहर त्याला लंकेची उपमा साजे ॥
गव्हर्नराचे तक्त मजेचे दिसते उमदा खूब शिरा॥
तऱ्हेतऱ्हेचे रंगित बंगले ऐन इंग्रजी पहा तऱ्हा॥
भर रस्त्यामध्ये उभे शिपाई लोक म्हणती सरा सरा॥
रथगाड्यांची गर्दी होती व्हा बाजूला मागें फिरा॥
मोठे मोठे सावकारसाहेब रथ फिरवीती झरा झरा ॥
नव खंडीचे माणुस पाहुन रथ म्हणती हा बरा बरा ॥
जिकडे तिकडे अशीच गर्दी रथ जाता घडघड वाजे ॥
अज कंपनी शहर त्याजला लंकेची उपमा साजे ॥
-`मुंबईचे वर्णन' ह्या
श्री गोविंद माडगावकर यांच्या पुस्तकातून
मुंबई,Mumbai,Bombay,Maharashtra,India - The name "Mumbai" is an eponym, etymologically derived from Mumba or Maha-Amba – the name of the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi – and Aai, "mother" in Marathi. The former name Bombay had its origins in the 16th century when the Portuguese arrived in the area and called it by various names, which finally took the written form Bombaim, still common in current Portuguese use. After the British gained possession in the 17th century, it was anglicised to Bombay, although it was known as Mumbai or Mambai to Marathi and Gujarati-speakers, and as Bambai in Hindi, Urdu. The name was officially changed to its original pronunciation of Mumbai in 1995. - Wikipedia
