Mazgaon

Mazagaon
Neighbourhood
Mazagaon is located in Mumbai
Mazagaon
Mazagaon
Coordinates: 18°58′N 72°51′E / 18.97°N 72.85°E / 18.97; 72.85
CountryIndia
StateMaharashtra
MetroMumbai
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Mazagaon, also spelled Mazgaon and Mazagon (Portuguese era Mazagão[1]), and pronounced by the Christian Bombay East Indians as 'Mazgon' or 'Maz-a-gon' and Marathi-speakers as Mazhgav.[citation needed] It was one of the seven islands of Bombay. It is now a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Area.

  1. ^ D'Cunha, Jose Gerson (1900). "IV The Portuguese Period". The Origins of Bombay (3 ed.). Bombay: Asian Educational Services. p. 265. ISBN 81-206-0815-1. Retrieved 4 January 2009.