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Darjeeling

American  
[dahr-jee-ling] / dɑrˈdʒi lɪŋ /
Rarely Darjiling

noun

  1. a town in West Bengal, in NE India: mountain resort.

  2. Also called Darjeeling tea.  a type of tea grown in mountainous areas around the town of Darjeeling.


Darjeeling British  
/ dɑːˈdʒiːlɪŋ /

noun

  1. 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)

  2. a high-quality black tea grown in the mountains around Darjeeling

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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

Darjeeling tea is a specialty tea, it's not grown anywhere else.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2025

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 prefer these cookies in the afternoon alongside tea rather than coffee, particularly a creamy cup of Earl Grey or Darjeeling.

From Salon Nov. 12, 2022

Pounded hard by a storm at 22,000 feet, Denman admitted defeat, and the three men turned around, returning safely to Darjeeling just five weeks after they’d departed.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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