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# darjeeling

noun (Darjeeling; also darjeeling, the tea); proper noun (Darjeeling, a place)

«darjeeling» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a place name) Darjeeling, a town in the Himalayan hills of West Bengal in north-east India, famous for its tea gardens and its little «toy train». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darjeeling/#m1)
2. A light, fragrant black tea grown in the Darjeeling hills, sometimes called «the champagne of teas»: «a cup of Darjeeling». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darjeeling/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons on India and mountains, Darjeeling shows how tea is grown on steep, misty slopes and picked by hand; you can see Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, from the town. In everyday British life, Darjeeling is a tea name on boxes in the kitchen. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Phrases: «Darjeeling tea», «a pot of Darjeeling», «the Darjeeling toy train».

### Examples

- Darjeeling is a hill town in India famous for tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darjeeling/#x1)
- Grandma only drinks Darjeeling with breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darjeeling/#x2)
- The tea pickers in Darjeeling pick only the top leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darjeeling/#x3)
- The little steam train climbs up to Darjeeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darjeeling/#x4)
- From Darjeeling you can see snowy Kangchenjunga. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darjeeling/#x5)
- Darjeeling tea is lighter than English breakfast tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darjeeling/#x6)

### Note

Usually written with a capital D. Said «dar-JEE-ling». Uncountable as tea (some Darjeeling), but «a Darjeeling» can mean a cup of it. Only tea grown in the Darjeeling area may legally be sold as Darjeeling tea.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «darjeeling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darjeeling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«darjeeling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/darjeeling.html) on Mova free.