A place in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, known for its tea gardens and misty climate; also used to describe the local fog or mist.
From Bengali or Nepali, possibly related to 'ghoom' meaning 'fog' or 'mist.' The exact etymology is uncertain, but the word is firmly rooted in Himalayan regional languages.
Ghoom has become famous as the location of the highest railway station in India (at the time of the British Raj), and it sits in almost perpetual cloud cover, which is why the misty meaning and the place name became intertwined.
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