Himalayas

See also: himalayas

English

Alternative forms

• (usually with definite article): Himalaya; Himmaleh (obsolete)
• Himalayan Mountains

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌhɪməˈleɪəz/
• Hyphenation: Hi‧ma‧la‧yas

Proper noun

Himalayas

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.

Derived terms

• Himalayan

Translations

a mountain range of south-central Asia

• Arabic: هِيمَالَايَا‎ f (hīmālāyā)
• Armenian: Հիմալայներ (Himalayner), Հիմալայան լեռներ (Himalayan leṙner)
• Burmese: ဟိမဝန္တာ (my) (hi.ma.wanta), ဟိမာလယ (hi.mala.ya.)
• Catalan: Himàlaia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喜馬拉雅山 (zh), 喜马拉雅山 (zh) (Xǐmǎlāyǎ shān)

• Czech: Himálaj (cs) f
• Danish: Himalaya
• Dutch: Himalaya (nl)
• Estonian: Himaalaja
• Finnish: Himalaja (fi)
• French: Himalaya (fr)
• German: Himalaja (de) m, Himalaya (de) m
• Gujarati: હિમાલય (himālya)
• Hebrew: הימלאיה \ הִימָלָיָה‎ (himaláya)
• Hindi: हिमालय (hi) (himālay)
• Hungarian: Himalája (hu)
• Italian: Himalaja
• Japanese: ヒマラヤ (Himaraya)
• Korean: 히말라야 (Himallaya)
• Latin: Himalaja
• Latvian: Himalaji
• Lithuanian: Himalajai

• Macedonian: Химала́и f pl (Himalái)
• Marathi: हिमालय (himālay)
• Navajo: Dziłgaiitsoh Honeezkʼazii
• Nepali: हिमालय (ne) (himālaya)
• Pashto: هماليۀ‎ m (Himâlaya), واورتون‎ m (Wâwratun)
• Polish: Himalaje (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Himalaia m
• Romanian: Himalaia
• Russian: Гимала́и (ru) m pl (Gimalái)
• Sanskrit: हिमालय (sa) (himālaya)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хималаји m

  Roman: Himalaji m

• Silesian: Himalaje pl
• Spanish: Himalaya (es)
• Swedish: Himalaya (sv) n
• Telugu: హిమాలయములు (te) (himālayamulu), హిమవత్పర్వతములు (himavatparvatamulu)
• Thai: หิมาลัย (h̄imālạy)
• Tibetan: ཧི་མ་ལ་ཡ (hi ma la ya)
• Ukrainian: Гімала́ї m pl (Himaláji)
• Uyghur: ھىمالايا‎ (himalaya)

Swedish

Proper noun

Himalayas

1. genitive of Himalaya