Himalayan

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Himalayan

  • /hɪˈmɑː.lə.jən/ South Asia
  • /ˈhɪm.əˌleɪ.ən/ US, UK

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or relating to the Himalayas.
  2. figuratively, not comparable Huge, gigantic, enormously large.

noun Himalayans

  1. An inhabitant of the Himalayas.
  2. 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.

    Similar: Colourpoint Persian, Himalayan Persian, Himmy

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: himalaya, himalayas, darjeeling, foundation, block, tahr, alpine, hindu, hinduistic, hymettian, asian, hyblaean, carpathian, nordic, hymettic, siberian

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adj of or relating to the Himalayas

Españolhimalayo
Portuguêshimalaio
Françaishimalayen
Românăhimalaian
Русскийгимала́йский gimalájskij

noun inhabitant of the Himalayas

Portuguêshimalaio
Românăhimalaian, himalaiană

noun cat breed

Españolgato himalayo
한국어히말라얀 himallayan
日本語ヒマラヤン Himarayan
Portuguêshimalaio
Românăhimalayană, pisică himalayană

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"Himalayan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/himalayan.

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@misc{himalayan_2026,
  title = {Himalayan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/himalayan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}