English Explanatory Dictionary

Darjeeling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city and municipality in northern West Bengal; the headquarters of Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India.
  2. A district of West Bengal, India.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of Darjeeling tea (“tea from or similar to that from Darjeeling, India”).

Pronunciation

/dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ/

Word forms

Darjeeling Darjeelings

Etymology

Borrowed from Nepali दार्जिलिङ (dārjiliṅ), from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང (rdo rje gling), itself a compound of Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje, “vajra”) and གླིང (gling, “land”).

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