the portuguese writer gaspar correia called the region that we now know as mumbai by the name bombaim.
the portuguese writer gaspar correia called the region that we now know as mumbai by the name bombaim.
by what name did the portuguese writer gaspar correia call the region that we now know as mumbai?
bombaim
the oldest known names for the city are "kakamuchee" and "galajunkja"; these are sometimes still used. in 1508, portuguese writer gaspar correia used the name "bombaim" in his "lendas da índia" ("legends of india"). this name possibly originated as the galician-portuguese phrase "bom baim", meaning "good little bay", and "bombaim" is still commonly used in portuguese. in 1516, portuguese explorer duarte barbosa used the name "tana-maiambu": "tana" appears to refer to the adjoining town of thane and "maiambu" to "mumbadevi".
mumbai
bullet::::- correia, gaspar. "lendas da índia" (introduction and review by m. lopes de almeida). porto: 1975.









































bullet::::- bell, aubrey fitz gerald, "gaspar corrêa", hispanic notes & monographs; essays, studies, and brief biographies issued by the hispanic society of america. portuguese series v, volume 5 of hispanic society of america, oxford university press, h. milford, 1924.









































bullet::::- banha de andrade, antónio alberto, "gaspar correia, o 1.º historiador português do oriente." ("gaspar correia, the first portuguese historian of the far east") instituto de investigação científica tropical, centro de estudos de história e cartografia antiga, lisbon, 1985.









































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