Himalayan

English

Etymology

Himalaya +‎ -an

Adjective

Himalayan (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Himalayas.
2. (figuratively) huge, gigantic, enormously large

Derived terms

• Himalayan blackberry
• Himalayan field rat
• Himalayan griffon vulture
• Himalayan marmot
• Himalayan Plateau
• Himalayan shrew
• Himalayan striped squirrel

 

Translations

of or relating to the Himalayas

• Catalan: himalaià
• French: himalayen (fr)
• Irish: Himiléach
• Portuguese: himalaio m
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• Romanian: himalaian
• Russian: гимала́йский (ru) (gimalájskij)
• Spanish: himalayo

huge, gigantic, enormously large

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Noun

Himalayan (plural Himalayans)

A Himalayan cat.

1. An inhabitant of the Himalayas.
2. A domestic cat breed similar to (and, in some places, considered a variety of) the Persian breed.

Translations

inhabitant of the Himalayas

• Portuguese: himalaio m
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• Romanian: himalaian m, himalaiană f

cat breed

• Portuguese: himalaio m
• Romanian: himalayană f, pisică himalayană f
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• Spanish: gato himalayo m

Further reading

• Himalayan (cat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Himalayan (cat breed) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons