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Greeting old country, it's to do with mountains (8)

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I believe the answer is:

himalaya

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'to do with mountains' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'greeting old country' is the wordplay.
'greeting' becomes 'hi' (hi is a kind of greeting).
'old country' becomes 'malaya' (Malaya is an example. I am not sure about the 'old' bit.).
'hi'+'malaya'='HIMALAYA'

'it's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for himalaya that I've seen before include "massive range" , "World's highest mountain range" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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