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• Assam
  Assam

  noun

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

  noun

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

Assam

American  

[as-sam] / æsˈsæm /

noun

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

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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

One summer afternoon in 2018, two men set out on a road trip into the Karbi Anglong region of India's northeastern Assam state.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

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

Nagaland, a largely Christian state wedged between Myanmar and Bangladesh, is home to a people spread across neighbouring Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam states.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

Ammu was made to send him back to their father, who had by then resigned his lonely tea- estate job in Assam and moved to Calcutta to work for a company that made carbon black.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy