2011 Call it anything you like, I call it home. Mombayn (1525), Bombay (1538), Bombain (1552), Bombaym(1552), Monbaym (1554), Mombaim (1563), Mombaym (1644), Bambaye (1666), Bombaiim (1666), Bombeye (1676), and Boon Bay(1690). After the  British  gained possession of the city in the 17th century, the  Portuguese  name was officially  anglicized  asBombay. By the late 20th century, the city was known as Mumbai or Mambai to  Marathi  and  Gujarati  speakers and as Bambai in  Hindi ,  Persian and