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What does Himalayas mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Himalayas? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. 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.
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Just two months into his Fulbright fellowship, he already has a quiverful of stories about birdcalls in the Himalayas.
In Indian legend, every rishi, or yogi, who possesses divine power has a retreat in the mountain vastness of the Himalayas.
A Japanese expedition equipped with infrared cameras will scour the Nepali Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti, or Abominable Snowman.
I didn't know what to make of his story of meeting two yetis in the high Himalayas.
His efforts resulted in the shipment of well over 20,000 plants and seedlings, in Wardian cases, to the Himalayas.
I had been to the Himalayas before but I'd never experienced high altitudes.

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