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What does Assam mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Assam? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A state in north-eastern India.
  2. (historical) The former realm it was named after.
  3. A black tea named after the above Indian region where it is grown.
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Most teas from India are black and two well-known examples are Assam and Darjeeling.
The violence in Assam has prompted reprisals in Bihar, where mobs have attacked trains carrying Assamese to and from their home state.
The overall relation between the Assamese and the other ethnic groups in Assam is not in active conflict now.
Media reports in Assam suggest that the Bodo leadership has okayed the proposals.
After that, we adjourned to the drawing room where Carlo served us a pot of my finest Assam and some cucumber sandwiches.
His childhood was spent in the tea gardens of Assam and he was greatly influenced by the songs of the tea garden workers and Assamese folk songs.

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