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Category: Mumbai
Many stations have logical roots in history - named either after legendary people, age-old traditions or businesses carried on in the area or for unknown reasons.

Santa Cruz:
Santa Cruz was originally known by villagers as Khulbawdi (in Marathi khul is mortar or also a yard, bawdi, a well) Santa Cruz (Holy Cross) was so named by its population of Salsette East Indian Christians after a crude wooden cross they erected on a hilltop

Vile Parle:
its name possibly from a combination of the Portuguese word vehla that means old and the Marathi word pada which means a cluster of villages. Another story has it that the name �Vile Parle� is derived from the names of small villages that included Idlai - Padlai. Thus she derived name Vile Parle.

Kandivali:
is supposed to have derived its name from khand, a jag or a sharp projection of rock, perhaps part of the stone quarries located there.

Ghatkopar:
In Marathi it literally means �on top of a ghat

Wadala:
The area located near Dadar T.T./Kings Circle was so named because of the banyan tree rows it that used to exist in this area. The name is a corruption of Wadali. Wad, which is the Marathi name for the Banyan tree and ali, which means row.
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