Hi - maah- lee - ah or Him - ah - lay - ah ?

[snigger]

Should I just call it Nepal?

the former of the two is correct.

Personally I use the second option - perhaps from habit.

This made me smile on the subject.

Thank you for the link Tigerschick. I enjoyed looking around at other articles on there (and found I knew three of the contributors from old uni rambling days).

PS should add I use the second pronunciation and this was the one I heard people use when I visited the Indian himalayas.