How is the name 'Himalaya' derived?

Answer 1

Mount Everest was discovered by a man named Sir George Everest, which is where it gets its name from.

People In Nepal call the Mount Everest "Sagarmatha" and people in Tibet call the mountain Chomolangma or Qomolangma

Answer 2

'Rocky Mountains' is a translation of the Cree name, 'as-sin-wati.' Seen from the east across the prairies, they appear as a great rocky mass. The first mention of their present name is to be found in Legardeur St. Pierre's journal for 1752, which refers to the 'Montaignes de Roche.'

'Place Names in the Canadian Rockies'

http://www.spiralroad.com/sr/pn/r/rocky_mountains.html

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Actually, the first European to reach these mountains was the Spaniard Francisco Vázquez de Coronado in 1540. He called them 'Montañas Rocallosas'. In Spanish, 'rocalla' means 'conglomerate of pebbles' (small stones worn smooth by water erosion). The correct translation of 'Montañas Rocallosas' would have been 'Pebbly Mountains' but they were called 'Rocky Mountains' in English (or 'Montagnes Rocheuses' in French), which is close enough. From 'Rocky Mountains', it came back to Spanish as 'Montañas Rocosas', which is the name most used in Spain today. However, they are still called by their original name, 'Montañas Rocallosas', in most of Latin America.

In Catalan, they are called 'Muntanyes Rocalloses', ('Pebbly Mountains') a literal translation of the original name. In most other languages, however, they use a translation of the English name, 'Rocky Mountains'.

Answer 3

The word Himalaya comes from the Sanskrit word Hima meaning snow and alaya meaning abode , that is how the Himalayas got their name.

Answer 4

The word himalaya comes from the Sanskrit language and it translates into "the abode of snow".

Answer 5

It was named in 1865 to honor a previous Surveyor General of India by the name of George Everest. The Tibetan word for this peak means "Holy Mother".

Answer 6

Hima - means snow in Sanskrit, and the word has developed from there - Himalaya - means abode of snow.

Answer 7

himalaya = hima + alaya snow + house = something which is a house (resting place or origin) of snow.

Answer 8

It was named Mount Everest after George Everest the Surveyor-General of India.

Answer 9

It is from the Sanskrit for "abode of snow" because they are so tall there is almost always snow on them.

Answer 10

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