Associations to the word «Himalayas»

Wiktionary

HIMALAYAS, proper noun. The mountain range in south-central Asia which extends about 2,414 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan; it contains nine of the world’s ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest.

Dictionary definition

HIMALAYAS, noun. A mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats