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Mumbai vs Dabbawalla - What's the difference?

mumbai | dabbawalla |

As a proper noun mumbai

is state capital of maharashtra, india, formerly known as bombay.

As a noun dabbawalla is

(india) a deliveryperson in mumbai, india who collects freshly cooked food in lunchboxes from workers' residences (mostly in the suburbs), delivers it to their respective workplaces, and returns the empty containers.

mumbai

English

(wikipedia Mumbai)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • State capital of Maharashtra, India, formerly known as Bombay.

    • dabbawalla

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dabbawala * dabbawallah

    Noun

    (wikipedia dabbawalla) (en noun)
  • (India) A deliveryperson in Mumbai, India who collects freshly cooked food in lunchboxes from workers' residences (mostly in the suburbs), delivers it to their respective workplaces, and returns the empty containers.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 29, author=Saritha Rai, title=In India, Grandma Cooks, They Deliver, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“There is a service called FedEx that is similar to ours — but they don’t deliver lunch,” said one dabbawalla , Dhondu Kondaji Chowdhury. }}