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Himalayan

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Him·a·la·ya Mountains  (hm-l, h-mäly) or Him·a·la·yas (-s, -ys)
A mountain system of south-central Asia extending about 2,414 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Xizang (Tibet), Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan. The Himalayas include nine of the world's ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest.
Hima·layan adj. & n.
Himalayan [ˌhɪməˈleɪən]
adj
(Placename) of or relating to the Himalayas or their inhabitants
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Adj.1.Himalayan - of or relating to the Himalayas; "Himalayan peaks"
Translations
Himalayan [ˌhɪməˈleɪən] ADJ → del Himalaya, himalayo
Himalayan
adj → Himalaya-, des Himalaya; Himalayan state → Himalayastaat m


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The pass was crowned with dense, dark forest--deodar, walnut, wild cherry, wild olive, and wild pear, but mostly deodar, which is the Himalayan cedar; and under the shadow of the deodars stood a deserted shrine to Kali--who is Durga, who is Sitala, who is sometimes worshipped against the smallpox.
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Then I heard the anguished bellow of a Himalayan cow-one of the little black crummies no bigger than Newfoundland dogs.
From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
Well, I've known it pretty cold before now in Italy and even in India, up on the Himalayan slopes.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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