Adjacent Words

Himalayan definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to the Himalayas; "Himalayan peaks"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1835 1. of, relating to, or resembling the Himalayas 2. enormously large ; mountainous <a task of Himalayan proportions> II. noun Date: 1949 any of a breed of domestic cats developed by crossing the Persian and the Siamese and having the stocky build and long thick coat of the former and the blue eyes and coat patterns of the latter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or relating to the Himalaya mountains in Nepal. Etymology: Himalaya Skr. f. hima snow + alaya abode

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Himalayan Hi*ma"la*yan, a. [Skr. him[=a]laya, prop., the abode of snow.] Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.