"Himalayas" meaning in English

See Himalayas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɦɪˈmaː.lə.jəz/ [South-Asia], /ˌhɪm.əˈleɪ.əz/ [UK, US], /hɪˈmɑl.ə.jəz/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Himalayas.wav
Etymology: Pluralisation of Himalaya, learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰey-}}, {{lbor|en|sa|हिमालय|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|p}} Himalayas pl (plural only)
  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. Wikipedia link: Himalayas Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (place): Asia, Mountains Synonyms: Himalaya [usually, with-definite-article], Himmaleh [obsolete], Himalayan Mountains Derived forms: Himalayan Translations (a mountain range of south-central Asia): هِمَالِيَة (himāliya) [feminine] (Arabic), هِيمَالَايَا (hīmālāyā) [feminine] (Arabic), Հիմալայներ (Himalayner) (Armenian), Հիմալայան լեռներ (Himalayan leṙner) (Armenian), হিমালয় (himaloy) (Assamese), হিমালয় (himaloẏ) (Bengali), ဟိမဝန္တာ (hi.ma.wanta) (Burmese), ဟိမာလယ (hi.mala.ya.) (Burmese), Himàlaia (Catalan), 喜馬拉雅山 (Chinese Mandarin), 喜马拉雅山 (Xǐmǎlāyǎ shān) (Chinese Mandarin), Himálaj [feminine] (Czech), Himalaya (Danish), Himalaya [masculine] (Dutch), Himalajo (Esperanto), Himaalaja (Estonian), Himalaja (Finnish), Himalaya (French), Himalaia [feminine] (Galician), हिंवाळ (himvāḷ) (Garhwali), ჰიმალაი (himalai) (Georgian), ჰიმალაის მთები (himalais mtebi) (Georgian), Himalaja [masculine] (German), Himalaya [masculine] (German), Ιμαλάια (Imaláia) (Greek), હિમાલય (himālya) (Gujarati), הימלאיה \ הִימָלָיָה (himaláya) (Hebrew), हिमालय (himālay) (Hindi), Himalája (Hungarian), Himalaya [masculine] (Italian), ヒマラヤ (Himaraya) (Japanese), ហិម៉ាឡៃយ៉ា (hemaalayyaa) (Khmer), ហិមាល័យ (hemiəlɨy) (Khmer), 히말라야 (Himallaya) (Korean), हिमाल (Kumaoni), Himalaja (Latin), Himalaji (Latvian), Himalajai (Lithuanian), Химала́и (Himalái) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), ഹിമാലയം (himālayaṁ) (Malayalam), हिमालय (himālay) (Marathi), Dziłgaiitsoh Honeezkʼazii (Navajo), हिमालय (himālaya) (Nepali), هماليا (hemālyã) [feminine] (Pashto), Himalaje [plural] (Polish), Himalaias [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), ਹਿਮਾਲਿਆ (himāliā) (Punjabi), Himalaia (Romanian), Гимала́и (Gimalái) [masculine, plural] (Russian), हिमालय (himālaya) (Sanskrit), Хималаји [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Himalaji [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Himalaje [plural] (Silesian), හිමාලය (himālaya) (Sinhalese), Himalaya [masculine] (Spanish), Himalaya [neuter] (Swedish), హిమాలయములు (himālayamulu) (Telugu), హిమవత్పర్వతములు (himavatparvatamulu) (Telugu), หิมาลัย (hì-maa-lai) (Thai), ཧི་མ་ལ་ཡ (hi ma la ya) (Tibetan), Гімала́ї (Himaláji) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), ہِمالِیَہ (himāliya) [masculine] (Urdu), ھىمالايا (himalaya) (Uyghur), Himalaya (Vietnamese), Hy Mã Lạp Sơn (Sino-Vietnamese) (Vietnamese), Himalaya (Welsh)
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      "roman": "Himalái",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Химала́и"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "himālayaṁ",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "ഹിമാലയം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "himālay",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "हिमालय"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "Dziłgaiitsoh Honeezkʼazii"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "himālaya",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "हिमालय"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "hemālyã",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "هماليا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Himalaje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Himalaias"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "himāliā",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "ਹਿਮਾਲਿਆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "Himalaia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Gimalái",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Гимала́и"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "himālaya",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "हिमालय"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Хималаји"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Himalaji"
    },
    {
      "code": "szl",
      "lang": "Silesian",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Himalaje"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "himālaya",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "හිමාලය"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Himalaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Himalaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "himālayamulu",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "హిమాలయములు"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "himavatparvatamulu",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "హిమవత్పర్వతములు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hì-maa-lai",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "หิมาลัย"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "hi ma la ya",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "ཧི་མ་ལ་ཡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Himaláji",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Гімала́ї"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "himāliya",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ہِمالِیَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "himalaya",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "ھىمالايا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "Himalaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "Hy Mã Lạp Sơn (Sino-Vietnamese)"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a mountain range of south-central Asia",
      "word": "Himalaya"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Himalayas"
}

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