Category Himalayas

The name of the range derives from the Sanskrit Himā-laya (हिमालय, “Abode of Snow”), from himá (हिम, “snow”) and ā-laya (आलय, “receptacle, dwelling”).

They are now known as the “Himalaya Mountains”, usually shortened to the “Himalayas”. Formerly, they were described in the singular as the “Himalaya”.

This was also previously transcribed “Himmaleh”, as in Emily Dickinson’s poetry and Henry David Thoreau’s essays.