Darjeeling
Americannoun
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a town in West Bengal, in NE India: mountain resort.
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Also called Darjeeling tea. a type of tea grown in mountainous areas around the town of Darjeeling.
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Official name: Darjiling. a town in NE India, in West Bengal in the Himalayas, at an altitude of about 2250 m (7500 ft). Pop: 107 530 (2001)
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a high-quality black tea grown in the mountains around Darjeeling
Example Sentences
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Stoppard’s mother fled to India, where her two sons attended an American school in Darjeeling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
It’s essentially layers of ladyfinger biscuits soaked in Darjeeling tea, covered in a cardamom orange cream and topped with fresh orange segments and slivered pistachios.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
Darjeeling tea is a specialty tea, it's not grown anywhere else.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025
The views are spectacular in this corner of eastern Nepal, between the world’s highest mountains and the tea estates of India’s Darjeeling district, where rare orchids grow and red pandas play on the lush hillsides.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024
But those first nine expeditions embarked for Tibet from Darjeeling, where many Sherpas had emigrated, and where they had developed a reputation among the resident colonialists for being hardworking, affable, and intelligent.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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