himalayas

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsHimalaya MountainsHimalaya

   Broaderrange

   Part ofTibetIndiaNepal

   PartsAnnapurnaChangtzuDhaulagiriEverestGosainthanKamet

Other forms of himalayas

plural

himalayases·

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 himalayas

What does himalayas mean?

himalayas 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 himalayas?

himalayas has 4 syllables: him-a-la-yas. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌhɪməˈlaɪəs/.

What is another word for himalayas?

Close synonyms include Himalaya Mountains, Himalaya. 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 himalayas a common word?

himalayas is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.