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In response to "really? It's been changed for a good ten years now. Many large Indian cities have new names" by Roger More

Oh, I was aware of the Mumbai one, but not the others. I assume they moved away from colonial era westernised mispellings?

Posted by celedhrymandias (aka celedhring) Nov 27 '08, 10:06

Although I always loved "Madras" as a city name for some reason.

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Yes - though often they weren't so much mispellings as just attempts to write strange words in a different language - Roger More Nov 27, 10:12 2
- i believe Mumbai is derived from a deity's name -- nm - zork Nov 27, 10:13 1
  - I just checked wiki and there are several competing explanations. - Roger More Nov 27, 10:21

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