Himalayas

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Etymology

From Sanskrit हिमालय (himā-laya, “abode of snow”), from हिम (himá, “frost, snow”) + आलय (ā-laya, “house, abode, dwelling”).

Proper noun

Himalayas

1. A mountain range of south-central Asia extending about 2,414 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Xizang (Tibet), Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan; includes nine of the world’s ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest.

Translations

a mountain range of south-central Asia

Arabic: هيمالايا (ar) (himalaaya) pl. Armenian: Հիմալայներ (hy) (Himalayner) Catalan: Himalaia (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 喜馬拉雅山 (cmn), 喜马拉雅山 (cmn) (Xǐmǎlāyǎ shān) Czech: Himálaj (cs) f. Dutch: Himalaya (nl) Finnish: Himalaja (fi) French: Himalaya (fr) German: Himalaya (de) m. Hindi: हिमालय (hi) (Himālaya) Hungarian: Himalája (hu) Japanese: ヒマラヤ (ja) (Himaraya) Korean: 히말라야 (ko) (Himallaya) Macedonian: Хималаи (mk) (Himalái) f. pl. Marathi: हिमालय (mr) (himālaya)

Navajo: Dziłgaiitsoh Honeezkʼazii Nepali: please add this translation if you can Polish: Himalaje (pl) pl. Romanian: Himalaia (ro) Russian: Гималаи (ru) (Gimalái) m. pl. Sanskrit: हिमालय (sa) (Himālaya) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Хималаји (sh) m. Roman: Himalaji (sh) m. Silesian: Himalaje pl. Spanish: Himalaya (es) Swedish: Himalaya (sv) Telugu: హిమాలయములు (te) (himālaya-mulu), హిమవత్పర్వతములు (te) (himavat-parvata-mulu) Thai: หิมาลัย (th) (h̄imālạy) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can

Synonyms

• Himalaya Mountains
• the Himalaya