Bandar (port)

The word travelled with Persian sailors over a wide area leading to several coastal places in Iran and elsewhere having Bandar (haven) as part of their names.

In Indonesian Malay it means "port" (compare the term "bandar udara", which literally translates to airport).

The west coast of India, with its historic links to Persia, has several place names that include the word bunder.

The city of Bombay historically had a number of piers along its waterfronts, each named after the cargo it typically handled (or at times a landmark or important personality).

A coastal town in Andhra Pradesh by name Machilipatnam is also called Bandar by the local people over there.