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himalayan

/ˈhɪm.əˌleɪ.ən/

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What does himalayan mean?

adjective

  1. Of or relating to the Himalayas.
  2. (figuratively) Huge, gigantic, enormously large.

noun

  1. An inhabitant of the Himalayas.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. A domestic cat breed similar to (and, in some places, considered a variety of) the Persian breed, but with the colourpoint coat pattern of the Siamese.

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/ˈhɪm.əˌleɪ.ən/

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The following Himalayan species have been found to thrive well in the warmer parts of England, and in close proximity to the sea;--R.
Angus D. WebsterHardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and ShrubsProject Gutenberg ebook #10852
According to Mr. Fraser, the natives of a village near the banks of the Girree, in the Himalayan region of India, had the following custom (Quart.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
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The Yaks of the Himalayan uplands must feed from the growing grass, scanty and dry though it may be, and would starve even if allowed the best oats and corn.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199
I finished yesterday evening the first volume, and I very sincerely congratulate you on having produced a FIRST-CLASS book ('Himalayan Journal.')--a book which certainly will last.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087
The herd dogs of foreign countries, such as the Calabrian of the Pyrenees, the Himalayan drover's dog, and the Russian Owtchah, are all of them massive and powerful animals, far larger and fiercer than our own, though each of them, and notably the Owtchah, has many points in common with the English bob-tail.
Robert LeightonDogs and All about ThemProject Gutenberg ebook #10991