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Himalaya

Himalaya is the alternative form of Himalayas.

Meaning of Himalayas

Proper noun

the Himalayas pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, 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.

Words formed from Himalaya

Questions about Himalaya

What is Himalaya the alternative form of?
Himalaya is the alternative form of Himalayas.

Words near Himalaya in the dictionary

  1. Hima
  2. Himachal Pradesh
  3. himachalane
  4. himachalanes
  5. Himadri
  6. Himalaya
  7. Himalayan
  8. Himalayan balsam
  9. Himalayan black-lored tit
  10. Himalayan black-lored tits
  11. Himalayan blackberries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Himalaya (page history and authors); Himalayas (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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