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Bollywood

noun
🔊/ˈbɒliwʊd/
🔊/ˈbɑːliwʊd/
 [uncountable] (informal)
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  1. used to refer to the Hindi film industry, which is mainly based in the Indian city of Mumbai (in the past called Bombay)宝莱坞（指主要集中于孟买的印度电影业）Topics Film and theatrec1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBollywood is used before these nouns:
    • director
    • film
    • movie
    • …
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    Word Origin1970s: blend of Bombay, a city on the west coast of India (now Mumbai) and Hollywood.