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Ganges
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ganges
English
Etymology
en ine-pro *gʷem-
en sa गम्
en la Gangēs, from en grc Γάγγης, from en sa गङ्गा gáṅgā swift-goer, from the verbal root sa गम् to go, from en ine-pro *gʷem- to come (whence la veniō, grc βαίνω and en come). en Ganga.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡændʒiːz/ RP
en /ˈɡænd͡ʒiz/ GA
en en-us-Ganges.ogg US
Proper noun
1
en river c/India and c/Bangladesh sacred within Hinduism.
3 A Generall Collection and Historical Representation of the Iesuites Entrance into Iapon and China, vntill Their Admission in the Royall Citie of Nanquin V 340 the Yellow Riuer is the other famous Riuer of that Kingdome, in greatneſſe and note, which ariſesth without the Kingdome to the Weſt, out of the Hill Cunlun, conjectured to bee the ſame whence Ganges ariſeth, or one neere to it.
en 1968 w:Norman Mailer Nixon in Miami w:Harper's §6 ...their master... was no ad for anybody but the most arcane Black Power, he was an old prince of a witch doctor—insult him at your peril—but the other ten musicians with their trumpets and snares and assorted brass would prove no pull for Richard Nixon Nixon on TV with any Black votes watching, for they were old and meek, naught but elderly Black Southern musicians, a veritable Ganges of Uncle Toms. They had disappeared with Tom Swift and Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Synonyms
en Ganga in Indian English
Derived terms
en Ganges River dolphin Ganges shark
Related terms
en Gangean
en Gangetic
Translations
the river
Afrikaans: af Ganges
Albanian: sq Gangi
Amharic: am ጋንግ ወንዝ
Arabic: ar الْغَانْج m, ar الْكَنْك m
Egyptian Arabic: arz الجانج m el-gāng
Armenian: hy Գանգես
Old Armenian: xcl Գանգէս
Assamese: as গংগা
Azerbaijani: az Qanq
Belarusian: be Ганг m
Bengali: bn গঙ্গা
Bulgarian: bg Ганг m
Burmese: my ဂင်္ဂါမြစ်, my ဂင်္ဂါ
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ґа́нґа f
Catalan: ca Ganges
Chichewa: ny Mtsinje wa Ganges 3
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 恆河 hang4 ho4
Mandarin: cmn 恆河 Héng Hé, cmn 恆伽 Hénggā
Czech: cs Ganga f
Danish: da Ganges
Dhivehi: dv ގަންގާ ކޯރު
Esperanto: eo Gango
Estonian: et Ganges
Finnish: fi Ganges
French: fr Gange m
Galician: gl Ganxes m
Georgian: ka განგი
German: de Ganges m
Greek: el Γάγγης
Ancient Greek: grc Γάγγης
Gujarati: gu ગંગા f
Hebrew: he גנגס ganges
Hindi: hi गंगा f
Hungarian: hu Gangesz
Icelandic: is Ganges
Indonesian: id Gangga
Irish: ga Ganga f, ga Ghainséis An Ghainséis
Old Irish: sga Gand m
Italian: it Gange
Japanese: ja ガンジス川 ガンジスがわ, Ganjisu-gawa, ja ガンジス Ganjisu
Kannada: kn ಗಂಗಾ
Kazakh: kk Ганг
Khmer: km គង្គា, km គង្គ
Korean: ko ^갠지스, ko ^갠지스강
Kyrgyz: ky Ганг
Lao: lo ແມ່ນ້ຳຄົງຄາ, lo ຄົງຄາ, lo ກັງກາ
Latin: la Gangēs m
Latvian: lv Ganga f
Lithuanian: lt Ganga f
Macedonian: mk Ганг m
Malay: ms Gangga
Malayalam: ml ഗംഗാനദി, ml ഗംഗാ
Marathi: mr गंगा
Mongolian: mn Ганга
Nepali: ne गंगा
Norwegian: no Ganges
Odia: or ଗଙ୍ଗା
Old English: ang Gandis f
Persian: fa گنگ gang
Polish: pl Ganges m
Portuguese: pt Ganges m
Punjabi: pa ਗੰਗਾ
Romanian: ro Gange
Russian: ru Ганг m
Sanskrit: sa गङ्गा f
Santali: sat ᱜᱟᱝᱱᱟᱹᱭ
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ганг m
Latin: sh Gang m
Sinhalese: si ගංගා
Slovak: sk Ganga f
Slovene: sl Ganges m
Spanish: es Ganges m
Swedish: sv Ganges
Tajik: tg Ганг
Tamil: ta கங்கை
Tatar: tt Ганг
Telugu: te గంగా
Thai: th แม่น้ำคงคา mɛ̂ɛ-náam kong-kaa, th คงคา
Tibetan: bo གླང་ཆེན་ཁ་བབས
Turkish: tr Ganj
Ottoman Turkish: ota كنك Geng
Turkmen: tk Gang
Ukrainian: uk Ганг m
Urdu: ur گنگا f gãṅgā
Uyghur: ug گانگ
Uzbek: uz Gang
Vietnamese: vi Hằng (vi 恆), vi sông Hằng
Yiddish: yi גאַנגעס
Anagrams
en aeggns Gagens Gagnes
en exonyms
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-in ganžský,gangský
cs Ganga: cs major river c/India,Bangladesh Ganges
Declension
m.sg.foreign
German
de:
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
de /ˈɡaŋəs/ also /ˈɡaŋɡɛs/
de De-Ganges.ogg
Proper noun
m,-.article
de river c/India,Bangladesh Ganges
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
de /ˈɡaŋəs/
Noun
de noun form
de Gang gen s
de exonyms
Latin
Etymology
la Gangēs :bor grc:Γάγγης + 1
Pronunciation
Gangēs
Proper noun
Gangēs<3> m
the en Ganges
Declension
Gangēs<3>
Descendants
en Ganges 1
fr Gange
it Gange
pl Ganges 1
pt Ganges
es Ganges
References
Polish
pl:
thumb|Ganges
Etymology
pl :lbor la:Ganges + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Ganges.ogg
Proper noun
m-in
pl river c/Bangladesh,India Ganges
Declension
s
Further reading
pl exonyms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt Gan ges
Proper noun
m
pt river c/India and c/Bangladesh Ganges
Related terms
pt gangético
pt transgangético
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
en Ganges the sacred river
es Rivers in Bangladesh Rivers in India