Himalayas

See also: himalayas

English

Alternative forms

Himalaya (usually with definite article)
Himmaleh (obsolete)
Himalayan Mountains

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(South Asia) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.ˈmaː.lə.jəz/
(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌhɪm.əˈleɪ.əz/, /hɪˈmɑl.ə.jəz/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: Hi‧ma‧la‧yas

Proper noun

Himalayas pl (plural only)

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: هِمَالِيَة f (himāliya), هِيمَالَايَا f (hīmālāyā)
Armenian: Հիմալայներ (Himalayner), Հիմալայան լեռներ (Himalayan leṙner)
Assamese: হিমালয় (himaloy)
Bengali: হিমালয় (bn) (himaloẏ)
Burmese: ဟိမဝန္တာ (my) (hi.ma.wanta), ဟိမာလယ (hi.mala.ya.)
Catalan: Himàlaia
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喜馬拉雅山／喜马拉雅山 (zh) (Xǐmǎlāyǎ shān)
Czech: Himálaj (cs) f
Danish: Himalaya
Dutch: Himalaya (nl) m
Esperanto: Himalajo
Estonian: Himaalaja
Finnish: Himalaja (fi)
French: Himalaya (fr)
Georgian: ჰიმალაი (himalai), ჰიმალაის მთები (himalais mtebi)
German: Himalaja (de) m, Himalaya (de) m
Greek: Ιμαλάια (el) (Imaláia)
Gujarati: હિમાલય (himālya)
Hebrew: הימלאיה \ הִימָלָיָה (himaláya)
Hindi: हिमालय (hi) (himālay)
Hungarian: Himalája (hu)
Italian: Himalaya m
Japanese: ヒマラヤ (Himaraya)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: ហិម៉ាឡៃយ៉ា (hemaalayyaa), ហិមាល័យ (km) (hemiəlɨy)
Korean: 히말라야 (Himallaya)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: Himalaja
Latvian: Himalaji
Lithuanian: Himalajai
Macedonian: Химала́и f pl (Himalái)
Malayalam: ഹിമാലയം (ml) (himālayaṁ)
Marathi: हिमालय (himālay)
Navajo: Dziłgaiitsoh Honeezkʼazii
Nepali: हिमालय (ne) (himālaya)
Odia: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: هماليا f (hemālyã)
Polish: Himalaje (pl) pl
Portuguese: Himalaias m pl
Punjabi: ਹਿਮਾਲਿਆ (pa) (himāliā)
Romanian: Himalaia
Russian: Гимала́и (ru) m pl (Gimalái)
Sanskrit: हिमालय (sa) (himālaya)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Хималаји m

Roman: Himalaji m
Silesian: Himalaje pl
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: Himalaya (es) m
Swedish: Himalaya (sv) n
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: హిమాలయములు (te) (himālayamulu), హిమవత్పర్వతములు (himavatparvatamulu)
Thai: หิมาลัย (hì-maa-lai)
Tibetan: ཧི་མ་ལ་ཡ (hi ma la ya)
Ukrainian: Гімала́ї m pl (Himaláji)
Urdu: ہِمالِیَہ m (himāliya)
Uyghur: ھىمالايا (himalaya)
Vietnamese: Himalaya, Hy Mã Lạp Sơn (Sino-Vietnamese)
Welsh: Himalaya

Swedish

Proper noun

Himalayas

genitive of Himalaya

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