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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The mountain range in south-central Asia which extends about 2,414 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam; it contains nine of the world’s ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest/Qomolongma. plural, plural-only

Synonyms

All synonyms

chainhimalayahimalaya mountainshimalayan mountainshimmalehrange

Example

More examples

"The mountains in the Himalayas are higher than those in the Andes."

Etymology

Pluralisation of Himalaya, learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya).

Related phrases

mount everest

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