Darjeeling

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ/

Proper noun

Darjeeling

1. A town and municipality in West Bengal, India.

Noun

Darjeeling (countable and uncountable, plural Darjeelings)

1. Short for Darjeeling tea: tea from or similar to that from Darjeeling, India.