Himalayas
[hɪ'mɑljəz]
Definition
(noun.) a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain.
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Examples
- Author of HEAVY GAME OF THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS (1881); THREE MONTHS IN THE JUNGLE (1884). Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The world was bound by the snowy Himalayas to the north and spread indefinitely to the south. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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