Save 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. hee-MAH-lu-yu(Sanskrit) hee-MA-lu-eh(Nepali) hi-mə-LAY-ə(English) hi-MAH-lə-yə(English) hee-ma-LA-ya(Dutch) EE-MA-LA-YA(French) hee-MA-la-ya(German) hee-MA-lie-a(German) ee-ma-LA-ya(Spanish) hi-MAH-la-ya(Swedish) [key·IPA] 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.