Ganges

See also: ganges

English

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡændʒiːz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡænd͡ʒiz/

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Proper noun

Ganges

1. A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism
   • 1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes‎^[1], volume III, London, →OCLC, page 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.

   • 1968, Norman Mailer, "Nixon in Miami", 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 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

• Ganga (in Indian English)

Related terms

• Gangean
• Gangetic

Translations

the river

• Afrikaans: Ganges
• Albanian: Gangi
• Amharic: ጋንግ ወንዝ (gang wänz)
• Arabic: الْغَانْج m (al-ḡānj), الْجَنْج m (al-gang) (Egyptian spelling)
• Armenian: Գանգես (hy) (Ganges)
• Assamese: গংগা (goṅga)
• Azerbaijani: Qanq
• Belarusian: Ганг m (Hanh)
• Bengali: গঙ্গা (bn) (goṅga)
• Bulgarian: Ганг m (Gang)
• Burmese: ဂင်္ဂါမြစ် (ganggamrac), ဂင်္ဂါ (my) (gangga)
• Catalan: Ganges
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 恆河／恒河 (hang⁴ ho⁴)

  Mandarin: 恆河／恒河 (zh) (Héng Hé), 恒河 (zh) (Héng Hé), 恆伽／恒伽 (Hénggā), 恒伽 (Hénggā)

• Czech: Ganga (cs) f
• Danish: Ganges
• Dhivehi: ގަންގާ ކޯރު (gan̊gā kōru)
• Esperanto: Gango
• Estonian: Ganges (et)
• Finnish: Ganges
• French: Gange (fr) m
• Galician: Ganxes (gl) m
• Georgian: განგი (gangi)
• German: Ganges (de) m
• Greek: Γάγγης (el) (Gángis)

  Ancient: Γάγγης (Gángēs)

• Gujarati: ગંગા (gaṅgā)
• Hebrew: גנגס (ganges)
• Hindi: गंगा (hi) f (gaṅgā)
• Hungarian: Gangesz (hu)
• Icelandic: Ganges
• Indonesian: Gangga
• Irish: Ganga f, An Ghainséis
• Italian: Gange
• Japanese: ガンジス川 (ガンジスがわ, Ganjisu-gawa), ガンジス (Ganjisu)
• Kannada: ಗಂಗಾ (kn) (gaṅgā)
• Kazakh: Ганг (Gañ)
• Khmer: គង្គា (km) (kŭəngkiə), គង្គ (kŭəngkĕəʼ)
• Korean: 갠지스 (Gaenjiseu), 갠지스강 (Gaenjiseugang)
• Kyrgyz: Ганг (Gang)
• Lao: ແມ່ນ້ຳຄົງຄາ (mǣ namkhong khā), ຄົງຄາ (khong khā), ກັງກາ (kang kā)
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• Latin: Ganges (la)
• Latvian: Ganga f
• Lithuanian: Ganga f
• Macedonian: Ганг m (Gang)
• Malay: Gangga
• Malayalam: ഗംഗാനദി (gaṅgānadi), ഗംഗാ (gaṅgā)
• Marathi: गंगा (gaṅgā)
• Mongolian: Ганга (Ganga)
• Nepali: गंगा (gaṅgā)
• Norwegian: Ganges
• Old English: Gandis
• Old Irish: Gand m
• Oriya: ଗଙ୍ଗା (or) (gaṅgā)
• Persian: گنگ (fa) (gang)
• Polish: Ganges (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ganges m
• Punjabi: ਗੰਗਾ (gaṅgā)
• Romanian: Gange
• Russian: Ганг (ru) m (Gang)
• Rusyn: Ґа́нґа f (Gánga)
• Sanskrit: गङ्गा (sa) f (gaṅgā)
• Santali: ᱜᱟᱝᱱᱟᱹᱭ (gaṅnăy)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ганг m

  Roman: Gang m

• Sinhalese: ගංගා (gaṁgā)
• Slovak: Ganga f
• Slovene: Ganges m
• Spanish: Ganges m
• Swedish: Ganges (sv)
• Tajik: Ганг (Gang)
• Tamil: கங்கை (ta) (kaṅkai)
• Tatar: Ганг (Ğang)
• Telugu: గంగా (gaṅgā)
• Thai: แม่น้ำคงคา (mɛ̂ɛ-náam kong-kaa), คงคา (th) (kong-kaa)
• Tibetan: གླང་ཆེན་ཁ་བབས (glang chen kha babs)
• Turkish: Ganj
• Turkmen: Gang
• Ukrainian: Ганг m (Hanh)
• Urdu: گنگا f (gãṅgā)
• Uyghur: گانگ (gan'g)
• Uzbek: Gang
• Vietnamese: Hằng (vi) (恆), sông Hằng
• Yiddish: גאַנגעס (ganges)

Anagrams

• Gagnes

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German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋəs/, (also) /ˈɡaŋɡɛs/

Proper noun

der Ganges m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Ganges)

1. Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋəs/

Noun

Ganges

1. genitive singular of Gang

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋ.ɡɛs/

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡɛs
• Syllabification: Gan‧ges

Proper noun

Ganges m

1. Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)

Declension

Declension of Ganges

	singular
nominative	Ganges
genitive	Gangesu
dative	Gangesowi
accusative	Ganges
instrumental	Gangesem
locative	Gangesie
vocative	Gangesie

Further reading

• Ganges in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Ganges in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: Gan‧ges

Proper noun

Ganges m

1. Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Ganges m

1. Ganges (the sacred river)