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Darjeeling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ/

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”).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Darjeeling tea (“tea from or similar to that from Darjeeling, India”).

Forms

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Darjeelings Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (5)

ta டார்ஜிலிங் (city name) · or ଦାର୍ଜିଲିଂ (city name) · hi दार्जिलिंग (city name) · ne दार्जिलिङ (city name) · bn দার্জিলিং (city name)

Darjeeling en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ/

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”).

Meanings

  1. A city and municipality in northern West Bengal; the headquarters of Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India.
  2. A district of West Bengal, India.