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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

“In 2022, people will choose Darjeeling with a friend over drinks after work,” the report outlined.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 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

She had also brought me two new pairs of drawstring pajamas, a letter from my brother, and a packet of loose Darjeeling tea.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri