The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word HIMALAYAS
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More clues leading to the result HIMALAYAS
- One person from Far East owns clothes range
- Greeting used by members of ethnic group claiming a mountain range
- Guy’s old country is within range
- That man sadly welcomed a year in the mountains
- Has Malayali gangster retired in trouble to mountains?
- Breezy greetings around Malta's mountains
- Almost hit Southeast Asian peninsula's mountains
- Hillary's first, and I'm next to a place like Tibetan range
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