Himalaias

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Himalaia === Etymology === Borrowed from English Himalayas, from Himalaya, a learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Hi‧ma‧lai‧as === Proper noun === Himalaias m pl (plural only, demonym himalaio) 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, a Qomolongma)