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ASSAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Assam mean?
• ASSAM (noun)
The noun ASSAM has 1 sense:
1. state in northeastern India
Familiarity information: ASSAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
State in northeastern India
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)
Holonyms ("Assam" is a part of...):
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
Context examples
The scientists suggested cross-pollination and changing farming patterns in Assam were likely the causes.
(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)
The group of scientists of the Assam Agricultural University said according to their study, the hotness of the chilli has reduced greatly in the past eight years.
(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)
A group of scientists of the Assam Agricultural University of Assam, India has claimed the Bhut Jolokia, which was once recorded as the hottest chilli in the world in the Guinness World Records, is losing its characteristic hotness with time.
(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)
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