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Assam

American  
[as-sam] / æsˈsæm /

noun

  1. a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Dispur.

Assam 1 British  
/ æˈsæm /

noun

  1. a state of NE India, situated in the central Brahmaputra valley: tropical forest, with the heaviest rainfall in the world; produces large quantities of tea. Capital: Dispur. Pop: 26 638 407 (2001 est). Area: 78 438 sq km (30 673 sq miles)

  2. a high-quality black tea grown in the state of Assam

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assam 2 British  
/ ˈasam, ˈæsæm /

noun

  1. (in Malaysia) tamarind as used in cooking. Assam ikan is a dish of fish cooked with tamarind

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Etymology

Origin of assam

from Malay asam sour

Example Sentences

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In states with particularly high disease rates, including Meghalaya, Assam, and Madhya Pradesh, that proportion rises to about 14%.

From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025

No travellers were injured in the accident in Assam state, home to more than 4,000 of the roughly 22,000 wild elephants in India.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

The phenomenon picked up just before the pandemic in 2020, when north-eastern Assam rolled out a scheme for vulnerable women.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Vishal Kalita's collection of music cassettes has turned his residence in India's Assam state into a private museum.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

The car in which Baba, their father, was taking Ammu, their mother, to hospital in Shillong to have them, broke down on the winding tea-estate road in Assam.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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