Assam
noun
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Dispur.
Assam
American
[as-sam]
/ æsˈsæm /
noun
Assam
1
British
/ æˈsæm /
noun
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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)
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a high-quality black tea grown in the state of Assam
assam
2
British
/ ˈasam, ˈæsæm /
noun
Etymology
Origin of assam
from Malay asam sour
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Yet Assam cannot manage the Brahmaputra on its own.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Well past midnight on 19 July, as floodwaters surged through a village in India's northeastern state of Assam, Bornali Baruah and her husband were trying to save his 97-year-old mother.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Dhrubajyoti Sahariah, a professor of geography and director of the Centre for Brahmaputra Studies at Gauhati University, says flooding itself is natural in the Brahmaputra Valley, a lowland region in Assam.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
But activists say hundreds have been pushed across the border from Assam in recent months without due legal process, often based on ethnic profiling.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
He was on vacation from his job in Assam, where he worked as an assistant manager of a tea estate.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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