Definitions for Himalaya
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1. Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains, Himalayanoun

   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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1. Himalaya

   The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; Sanskrit: [ɦɪmaːlɐjɐ]; from Sanskrit himá 'snow, frost', and ā-laya 'dwelling, abode'), is a mountain range separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest which lies on the border of China and Nepal. Over 100 peaks exceeding 7,200 m (23,600 ft) in elevation lie in the Himalayas. By contrast, the highest peak outside Asia (Aconcagua, in the Andes) is 6,961 m (22,838 ft) tall.The Himalayas abut or cross five countries: Bhutan, India, Nepal, China, and Pakistan. The Himalayan range is bordered on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, and on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Some of the world's major rivers, the Indus, the Ganges, and the Tsangpo–Brahmaputra, rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home to some 600 million people; 53 million people live in the Himalayas. The Himalayas have profoundly shaped the cultures of South Asia and Tibet. Many Himalayan peaks are sacred in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism; the summits of several—Kangchenjunga (from the Indian side), Gangkhar Puensum, Machapuchare, Nanda Devi and Kailas in the Tibetan Transhimalaya—are off-limits to climbers. Lifted by the subduction of the Indian tectonic plate under the Eurasian Plate, the Himalayan mountain range runs west-northwest to east-southeast in an arc 2,400 km (1,500 mi) long. Its western anchor, Nanga Parbat, lies just south of the northernmost bend of the Indus river. Its eastern anchor, Namcha Barwa, lies immediately west of the great bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The range varies in width from 350 km (220 mi) in the west to 150 km (93 mi) in the east.

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1. himalaya

   The Himalaya is a major mountain range in Asia, often referred to as the Himalayas or the Himalaya Mountains, extending across five countries: India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, and Pakistan. It is most recognized for housing some of the highest peaks in the world, including Mount Everest and K2. The name "Himalaya" is a Sanskrit term translating to "abode of the snow." Besides its geological significance, the Himalaya is also crucial for its biodiversity and cultural relevance to the surrounding populations.

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1. Himalaya

   Himalaya is the book that Michael Palin wrote to accompany the BBC television documentary series Himalaya with Michael Palin. This book, like the other books that Michael Palin wrote following each of his seven trips for the BBC, consists both of his text and of many photographs to illustrate the trip. All of the pictures in this book were taken by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was part of the team who did the trip. The book contains eight chapters: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, Yunnan, Nagaland and Assam, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. The book is presented in a diary format; Palin starts each section of the book with a heading such as "Day Forty One: Srinagar". Not all days are mentioned, a result of the trip as a whole being broken up into shorter trips. Palin makes several treks up into the mountains, including one trek up to Everest Base Camp at 17,500 feet. Not bad, considering that Palin was 60 years old at the time. Other encounters and experiences that are related by Michael Palin include finding out that the Dalai Lama not only knew who he was, but was a fan of Palin's TV programmes.

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   The numerical value of Himalaya in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of Himalaya in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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