Ganges
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Ganges
- /ˈɡændʒiːz/ UK
- /ˈɡænd͡ʒiz/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin Gangēs, from Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”), from the verbal root गम् (gam, “to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come”) (whence Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō), and English come). Doublet of Ganga.
proper noun the Ganges
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A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.
[…] 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.
Similar: Ganga
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name the river
| Español | Ganges |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 갠지스 Gaenjiseu, 갠지스강 Gaenjiseugang |
| 日本語 | ガンジス川 Ganjisu-gawa, ガンジス Ganjisu |
| 中文 | 恆河 /恒河 Héng Hé, 恆伽 /恒伽 Hénggā |
| हिन्दी | गंगा gaṅgā |
| Português | Ganges |
| Français | Gange |
| Deutsch | Ganges |
| Italiano | Gange |
| Ελληνικά | Γάγγης Gángis |
| Română | Gange |
| Русский | Ганг |
| Tiếng Việt | Hằng, sông Hằng |
| العربية | الْغَانْج al-ḡānj, الْكَنْك al-kank |
| עברית | גנגס ganges |
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