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Assam

/æˈsæm/

Assam proper noun: a state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur. Largest city: Guwahati. Also the ellipsis of Assam tea.

assam: a state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur. Largest city: Guwahati
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Proper noun

Assam

  1. A state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur. Largest city: Guwahati.
  2. (historical) The former realm it was named after.

Also used as

Assam is also the ellipsis of Assam tea.

Assam meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Assam in Hindi

state in northeastern India
आसाम āsām, असम asam

Assam in Tamil

state in northeastern India
அசாம் acām

Assam in Marathi

state in northeastern India
आसाम āsām

Assam in Urdu

state in northeastern India
آسام āsām
More languagesFewer languages
Assam in Bengali
আসাম aśam, অসম ośom
Assam in Telugu
అసోం asōṁ
Assam in Malayalam
ആസാം āsāṁ
Assam in Kannada
ಅಸ್ಸಾಂ assāṃ
Assam in Punjabi
ਅਸਾਮ asām
Assam in Gujarati
આસામ āsām
Assam in Odia
ଆସାମ āsāma
Assam in Assamese
অসম oxom
Assam in Arabic
أَسَام ʔasām
Assam in Persian
آسام âsâm
Assam in Thai
อัสสัม àt-sǎm
Assam in Myanmar
အာသံ asam
Dhivehi
އާސާމު āsāmu

Synonyms of Assam

Origin of Assam

Borrowed from Assamese অসম (oxom), of unclear origin, but generally agreed to be related to Ahom. More at Etymology of Assam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Words formed from Assam

Phrases with Assam

Words that rhyme with Assam

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Questions about Assam

What does Assam mean?
Assam means a state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur. Largest city: Guwahati.
What is Assam in Hindi?
Assam in Hindi is आसाम (āsām), असम (asam). See Assam meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Assam?
Assam is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Assam?
Assam is pronounced /æˈsæm/.

Words near Assam in the dictionary

  1. assaining
  2. assains
  3. assal horizontology
  4. assalamu alaikum
  5. assalamu alaykum
  6. Assam
  7. assam pedas
  8. assamar
  9. Assamese
  10. Assameses
  11. assamiid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Assam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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