Himalayas
the Himalayas, a mountain range extending about 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8,848 meters).
Origin of Himalayas
1- Also called the Him·a·la·ya, Himalaya Mountains.
Other words from Himalayas
- Him·a·la·yan, adjective
- sub-Him·a·la·yan, adjective
- trans-Him·a·lay·an, adjective
Words Nearby Himalayas
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How to use Himalayas in a sentence
In Tibet, Ophiocordyceps sinensis and its host moth larvae are methodically plucked from the foothills of the Himalayas.
In normal times, when he’s not ski-touring around his home in the Cascades, Villanueva is bagging first ascents throughout the Himalayas and appearing in ski films.
These Ski Guides Will Improve Your Backcountry Game | Megan Michelson | December 4, 2020 | Outside OnlineRemarkably, the Himalayas were visible from Punjab for the first time in 30 years.
Indra Nooyi: Why I’m optimistic about business’s role in solving climate change | jakemeth | October 9, 2020 | FortuneRacing pays the bills and keeps his sponsors satisfied, but he’s happiest alone, tackling some epic enchainment near his home in Romsdal, Norway, or bringing his skills and experience to 8,000-meter peaks in the Himalayas.
Kilian Jornet Has a New Book on His Epic Everest Quest | Nick Heil | September 29, 2020 | Outside OnlineIndia and China, nuclear powers with two of the world’s largest militaries, are locked in a monthslong standoff in the Himalayas, with no evidence that tensions are easing.
Next step: Sykes will trek in the Himalayas to discover a live yeti.
A group of mountaineers in the Himalayas died in a horrifying massacre.
Temperatures throughout the Himalayas are, on average, rising, and the mountains are falling apart in the warming atmosphere.
Mount Everest Suffers From Too Many Climbers and Deteriorating Conditions | Nick Heil | May 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI saw there a fine collection of stuffed birds, which he had brought himself from the Himalayas.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferBut just now it's rather like offering to give a freezing man the sunlit Himalayas from end to end in return for his camp-fire.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsThe scenery of the Himalayas, ice and snow, storm and tempest, lend their majesty to the strains of the Vedic poet.
Sacred Books of the East | VariousThe original product is found only high up on the sides of the loftiest mountains in the world—the Himalayas of India.
They rear themselves beneath and around me as the lesser peaks of the Himalayas seen from Mount Everest.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for Himalayas
Himalaya
/ (ˌhɪməˈleɪəz, hɪˈmɑːljəz) /
the Himalayas a vast mountain system in S Asia, extending 2400 km (1500 miles) from Kashmir (west) to Assam (east), between the valleys of the Rivers Indus and Brahmaputra: covers most of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and the S edge of Tibet; the highest range in the world, with several peaks over 7500 m (25 000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Everest, 8848 m (29 028 ft)
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Cultural definitions for Himalayas
[ (him-uh-lay-uhz, huh-mahl-yuhz) ]
Notes for Himalayas
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