Editing Vasai (section)

==Etymology==
The present name ''Vasai'' is derived from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''Waas'', meaning 'dwelling' or 'residence'. The name was changed to ''Basai'', which was named under [[Bahadur Shah of Gujarat]] after the [[Gujarat Sultanate]] took over the region. This is also the first [[Latinisation of names|Latinized]] record of the name, which was spelled as ''Baxay'' by [[Duarte Barbosa|Barbosa]] (1514).<ref name=":3" /> The name was short-lived as it was changed under [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] rule, approximately two decades later, to ''Baçaim'' (also the first official [[Latin script|Latin]] name) following the signing of the Treaty of Vasai in 1534. This name was again changed after over 200 years to ''Bajipur'' after the [[Maratha Empire]] took over the region. This name was also short-lived as after the capture of ''Bajipur (the Maratha name for Vasai)'' by the [[East India Company|British]], the name was changed yet again to ''Bassein''.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelindiadestinations.com/vasai-history-past-present/|title=Vasai History – A Glimpse of Its Past and The Present|last=Bamboat|first=Sharukh|date=5 September 2016|website=Travel India Destinations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726202819/https://www.travelindiadestinations.com/vasai-history-past-present|archive-date=26 July 2018|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref> During this same time, [[Mumbai|Bombay]] took over Bassein as the dominant economic power in the region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Did-You-Know-Mumbai-Was-Given-As-Dowry-To-The-British-By-The-Portuguese|title=Did You Know Mumbai Was Given As Dowry To The British By The Portuguese?|last=Pareek|first=Shabdita|date=10 February 2016|website=ScoopWhoop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015050/https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Did-You-Know-Mumbai-Was-Given-As-Dowry-To-The-British-By-The-Portuguese|archive-date=15 November 2017|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref> The town was [[Renaming of cities in India|renamed]] to ''Vasai'', the [[Marathi language|Marathi]] name for the region, following the [[History of the British Raj|devolution]] of the [[British Raj]] in [[Indian subcontinent|India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pilotguides.com/tv-shows/globe-trekker/series-17/the-british-raj|title=The Rise and Fall of the British Raj|website=Globe Trekker|publisher=Pilot Productions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823185502/http://www.pilotguides.com/tv-shows/globe-trekker/series-17/the-british-raj|archive-date=23 August 2017|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref>

===Demonym===
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English: Bassein; Portuguese: Baçaim), Vasai is called ''Vasaikar'' in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], in which the suffix ''kar'' means 'resident of'. The term had been in use since the [[Renaming of cities in India|official renaming]] of Bassein to Vasai. The Vasaikar diaspora outside of [[Maharashtra]] state, as well as [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|outside of India]], refer to themselves as from Mumbai due to its international recognition and Vasai being located within the [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region]], near the edge of [[Mumbai Suburban district|suburban Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Nandgaonkar|first1=Satish|first2=Yogesh |last2=Naik|date=June 27, 2020|title=State expands MMR for unified devp of projects|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/civic/state-expands-mmr-for-unified-devp-of-projects/articleshow/76654330.cms|access-date=2020-07-28|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref>