Bombay Hook

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Dutch Boompjes Hoeck (modern Dutch Boompjes Hoek, literally “Little-tree Hook”). Spelling influenced by, and thus remodeled after, Bombay (“historical name of Mumbai”) +‎ hook (“a curve”), and thus also inadvertently a partial calque from Middle Dutch. === Proper noun === Bombay Hook A point in Kent County, Delaware, United States Synonym: Bombay Hook Point A natural region of modern-day Kent County, Delaware, United States. The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, a national park encompassing the natural region. ==== Derived terms ==== Bombay Hook Island Bombay Hook Point Shoal ==== Translations ==== === See also === Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons