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.
noun
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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
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
All those productions, as well as “Asteroid,” were designed by Adam Stockhausen, who began working with Anderson as art director on 2007’s “The Darjeeling Limited” and won an Oscar for “Budapest.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2024
I also grabbed the tin of FTGFOP1 First Flush Darjeeling out of my Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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