Himalaya

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A form of Himalayas — 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.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Himalayas.

    For instance, gravity is especially strong in central Africa and the Himalaya and noticeably weaker in the Hudson Bay area and the Indian Ocean.

    1989 May, John Boslough, “Searching for the Secrets of Gravity”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 583
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