himalaya

Other forms of himalaya

plural

himalayas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about himalaya

What does himalaya mean?

himalaya means "a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain".

How many syllables are in himalaya?

himalaya has 4 syllables: him-a-la-ya. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌhɪməˈlaɪə/.

What is another word for himalaya?

Close synonyms include Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is himalaya a common word?

himalaya is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with himalaya?

2 words rhyme with himalaya. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.