Darjeeling
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Etymology edit
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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Darjeeling
- A town and municipality in West Bengal, India.
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Darjeeling (countable and uncountable, plural Darjeelings)
- Short for Darjeeling tea: tea from or similar to that from Darjeeling, India.