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  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

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Nagaland, which was earlier part of Assam state, formally became an Indian state in December 1963, during a period of profound political and social change.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The floods have been particularly severe in parts of Upper Assam, where villages like Charing that do not usually flood have been inundated.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Yet Assam cannot manage the Brahmaputra on its own.

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

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

Take Penang assam laksa, a popular dish with Peranakan roots cooked at home and in hawker stalls, for instance.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2017

In 2011, CNN named Penang assam laksa No. 7 in its list of the world’s 50 best foods.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2017