Bollywood

English <dab> Alternative forms en B'wood Etymology en :blend Bombay Hollywood + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈbɒ.li.wʊd/ RP en /ˈbɑ.li.wʊd/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Bollywood.wav US en Bol ly wood en ɒliwʊd 3 Proper noun en Q93196 en Film industries The Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai. en 2012 James Lambert Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English World Englishes 302 https://benjamins.com/catalog/eww.33.3.03lam Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries. en abroad by extension often erroneously The cinema of India in general, no matter the region. en Rhea Mogul Pakistani star’s Bollywood return excites fans and riles far right w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/india/pakistan-fawad-khan-bollywood-return-intl-hnk/index.html 2025-04-07 Fawad Khan, an actor, singer and producer with a huge following in India, announced his Bollywood comeback last week, sending fans into a frenzy, 18 months after an Indian court effectively ruled that a de facto industry ban on Pakistani talent imposed in 2016 was illegal. Synonyms Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry en Urduwood online slang, derogatory Hyponyms en cinema/film of India in general Bollywood<q:Hindi> Kollywood<q:Tamil> Tollywood<q:Telugu, Bengali> Derived terms en Bollywoodian Dhollywood Gollywood Related terms For a complete list of en Hollywood, en Kollywood, en Nollywood, and similar, see :Category:en:Film industries. Bollygarch Translations Indian film industry Arabic: ar بُولِيوُود m buliwūd Belarusian: be Баліву́д m Bengali: bn বলিউড Bulgarian: bg Боливуд m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 寶萊塢 Bǎoláiwù Finnish: fi Bollywood French: fr Bollywood m Georgian: ka ბოლივუდი German: de Bollywood n Greek: el Μπόλιγουντ m Gujarati: gu બોલીવુડ n Hebrew: he בוליווד m Hindi: hi बॉलीवुड m Italian: it Bollywood m Japanese: ja ボリウッド Boriuddo Kannada: kn ಬಾಲಿವುಡ್ Kashmiri: ks بٲلی وُڈ Korean: ko ^볼리우드 Malayalam: ml ബോളിവുഡ് Marathi: mr बॉलीवुड, mr बॉलीवूड Pashto: ps باليووډ Persian: fa بالیوود Portuguese: pt Bollywood m Punjabi: pa ਬਾਲੀਵੁੱਡ Western Punjabi: pnb بالی وڈ Russian: ru Болливу́д m Sinhalese: si බොලිවුඩ් Spanish: es Bollywood m Tajik: tg Болливуд Tamil: ta பாலிவுட் Telugu: te బాలీవుడ్ Thai: th บอลลีวู้ด bonlee-wóodo Ukrainian: uk Болліву́д m Urdu: ur بالی وڈ m Uyghur: ug بوللىۋود Vietnamese: vi Bollywood Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Bollywood, from en Bombay Hollywood 1 1. Proper noun ceb proper noun en Bollywood; the Hindi film industry located in Mumbai, India ceb terms derived from toponyms ceb Film industries French Etymology From fr en Bollywood, from fr Bombay Hollywood. Pronunciation Bollywoude fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Bollywood.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) Proper noun en Bollywood; en Bollywood fr Film industries Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor en:Bollywood + 1 Proper noun en Bollywood Hindi film industry pt Film industries Spanish Proper noun m en Bollywood Hindi film industry es Film industries