Bollywood

English

Alternative forms

B'wood

Etymology

Blend of Bombay +‎ Hollywood

Proper noun

Bollywood

(India) The Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai.
- 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎, page 302:
  Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries.
(abroad, by extension) The cinema of India in general, no matter the region.

Synonyms

(Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry) Urduwood (online slang, derogatory)

Hyponyms

cinema/film of India in general

Bollywood (Hindi,Bengali)
Kollywood (Tamil)
Tollywood (Telugu)

Related terms

For a complete list of Hollywood, Kollywood, Nollywood, and similar, see Category:en:Film industries.

Translations

Indian film industry

Arabic: بُولِيوُود m (buliwūd)
Belarusian: Баліву́д m (Balivúd)
Bengali: বলিউড (boliuḍ)
Bulgarian: Боливуд m (Bolivud)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寶萊塢／宝莱坞 (zh) (Bǎoláiwù)
Finnish: Bollywood
French: Bollywood (fr) m
Georgian: ბოლივუდი (bolivudi)
German: Bollywood (de) n
Greek: Μπόλιγουντ (el) m (Bóligount)
Hebrew: בוליווד m
Hindi: बॉलीवुड m (bŏlīvuḍ)
Italian: Bollywood m
Japanese: ボリウッド (Boriuddo)
Kannada: ಬಾಲಿವುಡ್ (bālivuḍ)
Kashmiri: بٲلی وُڈ (bạ̄ly vuḍ)
Korean: 볼리우드 (Bolliudeu)
Malayalam: ബോളിവുഡ് (bōḷivuḍŭ)
Marathi: बॉलीवुड (bŏlīvuḍ), बॉलीवूड (bŏlīvūḍ)
Pashto: باليووډ
Persian: بالیوود
Portuguese: Bollywood m
Punjabi: ਬਾਲੀਵੁੱਡ (bālīvuḍḍa)
Russian: Болливу́д (ru) m (Bollivúd)
Sinhalese: බොලිවුඩ් (boliwuḍ)
Spanish: Bollywood m
Tamil: பாலிவுட் (pālivuṭ)
Telugu: బాలీవుడ్ (bālīvuḍ)
Thai: บอลลีวู้ด (bonlee-wóodo)
Ukrainian: Болліву́д m (Bollivúd)
Urdu: بالی وڈ m (bālī oḍ)
Uyghur: بوللىۋود (bolliwod)
Vietnamese: Bollywood
Western Panjabi: بالی وڈ

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Bollywood, from Bombay +‎ Hollywood.

Proper noun

Bollywood

Bollywood; the Hindi film industry located in Mumbai, India

French

Etymology

From English Bollywood, from Blend of Bombay +‎ Hollywood.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Proper noun

Bollywood ?

Bollywood; Bollywood

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bollywood.

Proper noun

Bollywood

Bollywood (Hindi film industry)

Spanish

Proper noun

Bollywood m

Bollywood (Hindi film industry)

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