Assam

[ as-sam ]

/ æsˈsæm /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Assam

assagai, assai, assail, assailant, assalamu alaikum, Assam, Assamese, Assam States, assassin, assassinate, assassination

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How to use Assam in a sentence

These quasi-judicial bodies are unique to Assam, and the primary means of determining who is a citizen in the state.
India’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next|Neha Thirani Bagri/Dalgaon, India|September 6, 2021|Time
Since then, the state of Assam and the national government have introduced a complex, overlapping web of measures to determine who is a legal citizen and who is not.
India’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next|Neha Thirani Bagri/Dalgaon, India|September 6, 2021|Time
The second is through the Assam Police Border Organization, a border police force unique to Assam that was established in 1962.
India’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next|Neha Thirani Bagri/Dalgaon, India|September 6, 2021|Time
South Salmara-Mankachar is not the only Assam district to feature in the bottom 10.
India’s slow-moving vaccination programme is also riddled with regional disparities|Arunabh Saikia|June 9, 2021|Quartz

He still wishes Mahira would return to their village in Assam, but understands and respects her reasons for staying in her marital home in Haryana.
Three Women: Stories Of Indian Trafficked Brides|LGBTQ-Editor|October 5, 2020|No Straight News
That's because we've had an outbreak of bloodshed in the eastern state of Assam.
The Irony of the Anti-Immigration Violence in Assam|Dilip D’Souza|August 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
One, the specter of the Bangladeshi Muslim invasion is a widely-held impression about Assam.
The Irony of the Anti-Immigration Violence in Assam|Dilip D’Souza|August 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In truth, blame is not quite so easy to hand out: the ugliness in Assam has intricate, complex roots.
The Irony of the Anti-Immigration Violence in Assam|Dilip D’Souza|August 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
For example, one writer pointed out that the Muslim presence in Assam goes back decades, even centuries.
The Irony of the Anti-Immigration Violence in Assam|Dilip D’Souza|August 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The anti-immigrants violence in the Indian state of Assam and the Sikh shooting in Wisconsin both come from the hate of the other.
The Irony of the Anti-Immigration Violence in Assam|Dilip D’Souza|August 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
At Assam and elsewhere, when a person was sick, sacrifices were offered to the god of the four winds.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
So far does it reach in this direction that, as high as 28° North lat., in upper Assam we find a branch of it.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
Assam was quite cut off, and a journey up there was a serious undertaking.
Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century|Montague Massey
Arrow of the wild tribes of Assam, copper-headed, and similarly constructed.
The Evolution of Culture|Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
In the India Museum there is a model of one from Assam, used as a mail boat, and called dk nao.
The Evolution of Culture|Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers

British Dictionary definitions for Assam (1 of 2)

assam

/ (ˈæsæm, Malay ˈasam) /

noun

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

Word Origin for assam

from Malay asam sour

British Dictionary definitions for Assam (2 of 2)

Assam

/ (æˈsæm) /

noun

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)

a high-quality black tea grown in the state of Assam

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