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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASSAM

From Malay asam sour.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ASSAM

assam  [ˈæsæm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASSAM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Assam is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ASSAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

assam

Assam

^ Assam has had a legislature since 1937 ^ Assam is one of the original provinces of British India Symbols of Assam Language Assamese Song অ’ মোৰ আপোনাৰ দেশ (O my endearing motherland) (Adopted in 1927) Dance Bihu Animal Gônr One-horned rhinoceros Bird DeohaanhWhite-winged Wood Duck Flower Kopou Phul Foxtail Orchids Tree Hûlûng Dipterocarpus macrocarpus River Brahmaputra Assam (, pronunciation (help·info); Assamese: অসম Ôxôm, /ɔxɔm/) is a state of India in the north-eastern region. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak river valleys along with the Karbi Anglong and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles (78,438 km²). Assam is surrounded by six of the other Seven Sister States: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya. Geographically Assam and these states are connected to the rest of India via a narrow strip of land in West Bengal called the Siliguri Corridor or "Chicken's Neck".

Definition of assam in the English dictionary

The definition of assam in the dictionary is tamarind as used in cooking. Assam ikan is a dish of fish cooked with tamarind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASSAM


cheongsam
ˈtʃɒŋˈsæm
sam
sæm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASSAM

assafetida
assafoetida
assagai
assai
assail
assailable
assailant
assailer
assailment
assam ikan
Assamese
assart
assassin
assassin bug
assassin fly
assassinate
assassination
assassinator
assault
assault and battery

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASSAM

Adam
am
Amsterdam
balsam
cam
Canada balsam
copaiba balsam
cream
dam
dream
flotsam
friar´s balsam
gurjun balsam
Himalayan balsam
Islam
jam
jetsam
Nam
opobalsam
Peru balsam

Synonyms and antonyms of assam in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «assam» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASSAM

Find out the translation of assam to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of assam from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «assam» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阿萨姆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

assam
570 millions of speakers

English

assam
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असम
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

اسام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ассам
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আসাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

assam
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Assam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Assam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アッサム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아삼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Assam
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

assam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அசாம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आसाम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

assam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Assam
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Assam
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ассам
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Assam
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

assam
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Assam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

assam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Assam
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of assam

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSAM»

The term «assam» is very widely used and occupies the 20.300 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSAM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about assam

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASSAM»

Discover the use of assam in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to assam and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Secret Killings of Assam: The Horror Tales from the Land of ...
Report of state-sponsored terrorism on members and family of those belonging to the United Liberation Front of Assam; case studies.
Mrinal Talukdar, Utpal Borpujari, Kaushik Deka, 2009
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India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality
"This brilliant book, meticulously researched in the history of subnationalism and cultural politics in northeast India, is the best critique of general theories of agonistic democracy that I have encountered."--Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Sanjib Baruah, 1999
3
Folk Culture of the Misings of Assam: Tradition and Change
The Book Is An In-Depth Study Of The Socio-Cultural Life Of The Mising Tribe Of Assam.
Ashok Sarma, 2004
4
The Assam movement: class, ideology, and identity
Study on the sociological perspective of 1979-85, movement.
Monirul Hussain, 1994
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Empire’s Garden: Assam and the Making of India
DIVA history of the colonial tea plantation regime in Assam, which brought more than one million migrants to the region in northeast India, irrevocably changing the social landscape./div
Jayeeta Sharma, 2011
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Status of women in Assam: with special reference to ...
Papers presented at a Seminar on "Status of Women in Non-Tribal Societies of Assam", sponsored jointly by the North-Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong, of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, and the Dibrugarh University ...
Swarna Lata Baruah, Indian Council of Social Science Research. North Eastern Regional Centre, Dibrugarh University, 1992
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Assam: Its Heritage and Culture
A comprehensive book on Assam its heritage and culture. Assam is full of mountains, plateaus, river streams, various tribes, dense forests, and rare wild species.
Chandra Bhushan, 2005
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Bengali and Other Related Dialects of South Assam
The Present Work Is A Comparative And Descriptive Study Of Languages And Can Be Roughly Called A Survey Of The Dialects Of South Assam And Which Has Resulted In A Large Number Of Valuable Findings, Some Of Them Completely New For The Indo ...
Sudhāṃśu Śekhara Tuṅga, 1995
9
British Forest Policy in Assam
Attempts To Analyse The Britsh Forest Policy From 1864-1947 With Focus On Assam.
Rajib Handique, 2004
10
Social History of Assam: Being a Study of the Origins of ...
Demography. of. Assam. Assam at the close of the Ahom rule had become a thinly populated province. From the middle of the 18th century secetarian wars had caused much bloodshed and civil strife and ultimately this invited Burmese ...
Manilal Bose, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASSAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term assam is used in the context of the following news items.
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Assam's Bihu, Bhortal dances to open Italian film fest
Guwahati: Bihu and Bhortal -- two traditional dance forms of Assam -- will be performed by school students from the state at the opening of the ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
2
Woman hangs herself in Assam police station
Guwahati: A 39-year-old woman hanged herself inside a toilet at the Dispur police station in Assam's main city of Guwahati, police said on ... «ABP Live, Jul 15»
3
No peace for Assam as of now
Assam is now far from peace hopes that they had expected over the meeting between Congress and Governor PB Acharya and RTI activist ... «The Wiire, Jul 15»
4
Assam: Union Sports Minister Sonowal, 15 others injured as dais …
Dibrugarh (Assam): Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and 15 others received minor injuries when the dais at a BJP Yuva Morcha ... «IBNLive, Jul 15»
5
Rice-grain artisan generates job opportunities for youth in Assam
The youth in Assam are driven by a desire to become financially independent and make it big in life. 33-year-old Abhinav Hazarika is an artisan ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
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Mob Kills Suspected Cattle Thief in Assam, Set Ablaze His Vehicle
GUWAHATI: A mob killed a man, suspecting him to be a cattle thief, and set ablaze his vehicle in Assam's Golaghat district early Monday, police ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Machines to detect JE in Assam govt hospitals
GUWAHATI: The state health department has begun testing the condition of the Elisa reader machines installed in government hospitals to ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Assam CM Tarun Gogoi to initiate scheme to fill gaps as reported in …
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today directed state chief secretary to initiate a "new comprehensive scheme" to fill the gaps ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
9
Sonowal for study on Assam tribes
They have asked for a detailed scientific study on the present socio-political scenario of the tribal groups of Assam as nothing has been done in ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
Assam Cong tries to regain ground among tea tribes
Guwahati: With eye on the next round of Assembly election due in early 2016, the ruling Congress in Assam is trying its best to regain whatever ... «The Shillong Times, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Assam [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/assam>. May 2024 ».
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