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: ཧི་མ་ལ་ཡ (bo) (hi ma la ya)

Synonyms

• Himalaya Mountains
• the Himalaya