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Assam
[as-sam]
noun
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Dispur.
Assam
1/ 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
assam
2/ ˈasam, ˈæsæm /
noun
(in Malaysia) tamarind as used in cooking. Assam ikan is a dish of fish cooked with tamarind
Word History and Origins
Origin of Assam1
Example Sentences
Another major population centre lies in India's northeast, including Assam and the Brahmaputra floodplains, which host more than 6,500 elephants.
A few years ago, we wrote about a 19-year-old student in Assam who turned up in shorts to take an exam and was forced to wrap a curtain around her legs after the teacher objected.
He was a cultural icon in Assam, singing in more than 40 languages and dialects in a career spanning 33 years.
He ended up on the streets, in homes for the destitute, or working on tea estates in Assam.
This is the first federal law to ban online betting platforms, though the sector has long faced scrutiny, with states like Odisha, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana already enforcing their own bans.
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