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Proper Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of Himalayas: the Central Asian mountain range. obsolete

   "1862, Emily Dickinson, The Himmaleh was known to stoop"

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himalayas

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"1862, Emily Dickinson, The Himmaleh was known to stoop"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमालयः (himālayaḥ, literally “abode of snow”).

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central asian

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