Bollywood

English

Alternative forms

• B'wood

Etymology

Blend of Bombay +‎ Hollywood.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒ.li.wʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.li.wʊd/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Bol‧ly‧wood
• Rhymes: -ɒliwʊd

Proper noun

Bollywood

2. The Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai.
   • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 302:

     Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries.

3. (abroad, by extension, often erroneously) The cinema of India in general, no matter the region.
   • 2025 April 7, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistani star’s Bollywood return excites fans and riles far right”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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) Urduwood (online slang, derogatory)

Hyponyms

cinema/film of India in general

• (Hindi) Bollywood
• (Tamil) Kollywood
• (Telugu, Bengali) Tollywood

Related terms

• For a complete list of Hollywood, Kollywood, Nollywood, and similar, see Category:en:Film industries.
• Bollygarch

Translations

Indian film industry

• Arabic: بُولِيوُود m (buliwūd)
• Belarusian: Баліву́д m (Balivúd)
• Bengali: বলিউড (bn) (boliuḍ)
• Bulgarian: Боливуд m (Bolivud)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寶萊塢 / 宝莱坞 (zh) (Bǎoláiwù)

• Finnish: Bollywood
• French: Bollywood (fr) m
• Georgian: ბოლივუდი (bolivudi)
• German: Bollywood (de) n
• Greek: Μπόλιγουντ (el) m (Bóligount)
• Gujarati: બોલીવુડ n (bolīvuḍ)
• Hebrew: בוליווד m
• Hindi: बॉलीवुड m (bŏlīvuḍ)
• Italian: Bollywood m
• Japanese: ボリウッド (Boriuddo)
• Kannada: ಬಾಲಿವುಡ್ (bālivuḍ)
• Kashmiri: بٲلی وُڈ (bạ̄ly vuḍ)
• Korean: 볼리우드 (Bolliudeu)
• Malayalam: ബോളിവുഡ് (bōḷivuḍŭ)
• Marathi: बॉलीवुड (bŏlīvuḍ), बॉलीवूड (bŏlīvūḍ)
• Pashto: باليووډ
• Persian: بالیوود
• Portuguese: Bollywood m
• Punjabi: ਬਾਲੀਵੁੱਡ (bālīvuḍḍa)

  Western Punjabi: بالی وڈ (bālī vḍ)

• Russian: Болливу́д (ru) m (Bollivúd)
• Sinhalese: බොලිවුඩ් (boliwuḍ)
• Spanish: Bollywood m
• Tajik: Болливуд (Bollivud)
• Tamil: பாலிவுட் (pālivuṭ)
• Telugu: బాలీవుడ్ (bālīvuḍ)
• Thai: บอลลีวู้ด (bonlee-wóodo)
• Ukrainian: Болліву́д m (Bollivúd)
• Urdu: بالی وڈ m (bālī oḍ)
• Uyghur: بوللىۋود (bolliwod)
• Vietnamese: Bollywood

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Bollywood, from Bombay +‎ Hollywood.

Proper noun

Bollywood

1. Bollywood; the Hindi film industry located in Mumbai, India

French

Etymology

From English Bollywood, from Blend of Bombay +‎ Hollywood.

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Bollywood ?

1. Bollywood; Bollywood

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bollywood.

Proper noun

Bollywood ?

1. Bollywood (Hindi film industry)

Spanish

Proper noun

Bollywood m

1. Bollywood (Hindi film industry)