Type Mountain
Usage Various
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Type Mountain
Usage Sanskrit, Nepali, English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog
Scripts हिमालय(Sanskrit, Nepali) הימלאיה(Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /ɦi.ˈmɑː.l̪ɐ.jɐ/(Sanskrit) /ɦi.ˈmä.lʌ.e/(Nepali) /ˌhɪ.mə.ˈleɪ.ə/(English) /hɪ.ˈmɑː.lə.jə/(English) /hi.ma.ˈla.ja/(Dutch) /ˌhi.ma.ˈla.ja/(Dutch) /i.ma.la.ja/(French) /hi.ˈma.la.ja/(German) /hi.ˈmaː.la.ja/(German) /hi.ˈma.laɪ̯.a/(German) /hi.ˈmaː.laɪ̯.a/(German) /i.ma.ˈla.ʝa/(Spanish) /hɪ¹.ˈmɑː.la.ja/(Swedish) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Means "abode of snow" in Sanskrit, from हिम (hima) meaning "snow, frost, cold, winter" and आलय (alaya) meaning "abode, dwelling". This is the name of a mountain range in Asia.
See Also
User submission Hi-ma-la-ya