Mazagaon Island

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Mazagaon Island was one of the original seven islands that later combined to form the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) on India’s west coast.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mazagaon Island canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former island of Mumbai
historical island
administrativeDivision South Mumbai
surface form: Mumbai City district
associatedWith land reclamation in Mumbai
cityFormedWithOtherIslands Mumbai
continent Asia
country India
currentStatus no longer a distinct island
physically integrated into mainland Mumbai
formerColonialCityNameContext Mumbai
surface form: Bombay
hasColonialHistoryWith British Empire
Portuguese Empire
hasLanguageRegion Marathi-speaking region
hasModernNeighbourhoodName Mazagaon
surface form: Mazgaon
historicalNameOfArea Mazagaon
historicalSignificance contributed land area to the formation of Mumbai
historicalUrbanDevelopmentRole early core of the city of Bombay
locatedIn Arabian Sea
Maharashtra
Mumbai
locatedInBay Mumbai Harbour
surface form: Bombay Harbour
locatedOnCoastOf west coast of India
mergedToForm Mumbai
surface form: Bombay

Mumbai
modernCityNameContext Mumbai
partOf Mumbai Metropolitan Region
surface form: Greater Mumbai region

Seven Islands of Bombay
region Konkan
wasOneOf original seven islands of Bombay

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bombay Island wasMergedWith Mazagaon Island
Mumbai Island mergedFrom Mazagaon Island
Parel Island relatedTo Mazagaon Island