Definition of Assam

1. Noun. State in northeastern India.

Generic synonyms: Province, State
Group relationships: Bharat, India, Republic Of India

Definition of Assam

1. Proper noun. A state in north-eastern India ¹

2. Proper noun. (history) The former realm it was named after ¹

3. Proper noun. A black tea named after the above Indian region where it is grown. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Assam

Asplenium billotii
Asplenium bradleyi
Asplenium ceterach
Asplenium montanum
Asplenium nidus
Asplenium nigripes
Asplenium pinnatifidum
Asplenium platyneuron
Asplenium rhizophyllum
Asplenium ruta-muraria
Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium trichomanes
Asplenium viride
Aspull
Asron Montgomery Ward

Literary usage of Assam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"To the south, in Upper Assam, the principal localities are in the ... Assays of the Assam coal« showed a proportion of ash not exceeding from 2 to 5 per ..."

2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1840)
"They consisted of three lots of Assam Souchong, and five lots of Assam Pekoe. ... The first lot of Assam Pekoe sold for 2ls. per Ib.; afier much, ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1840)
"They con. sisted of three lots of Assam Souchong, and five lots of Assam Pekoe. ... The second, third, and fourth lots of Assam Pekoe fetched the respective ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1892)
"The dislike of milk among the races bordering Assam is very general, possibly almost universal. 3. The extension of the ear-lobes, by large plugs of various ..."

5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"In Lower Assam, a distinction is made between the ... On the contrary, the Dom of Assam pretends to an exceptional degree of ceremonial purity. ..."

6. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1902)
"30 The anthropologist of the future may be surprised to find that the inhabitants of the Assam jungle are unlike the peoples surrounding them. ..."

7. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1887)
"The country through which we travelled lies between the north-east extremity of the province of Assam and the upper waters of the Irawadi. ..."

8. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Mr. Errol Gray is a tea-planter, who has long resided in Assam, ... His object in making the present journey was to travel from Assam into Western China, ..."

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