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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡændʒiːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡændʒiz/

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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 219967499, page 340:

     That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force ; fortie myles from which it paſſeth by Nanquin. And that from hence to Pequin there might bee paſſage by Riuers, the Kings of China haue deriued a large Channell from this to another Riuer, called the Yellow Riuer, ſuch being the colour of that troubled water. This 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.

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) (gôṅga)
• Bulgarian: Ганг m (Gang)
• Burmese: ဂင်္ဂါမြစ် (gangga-mrac), ဂင်္ဂါ (my) (gangga)
• Catalan: Ganges
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 恆河 (hang⁴ ho⁴)

  Mandarin: 恆河 (zh), 恒河 (zh) (Héng Hé), 恆伽, 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 (Gang)
• Khmer: គង្គា (km) (kŭəngkiə), គង្គ (kŭəngkĕəʼ)
• Korean: 갠지스 (Gaenjiseu), 갠지스강 (Gaenjiseugang)
• Kyrgyz: Ганг (Ğanğ)
• Lao: ແມ່ນ້ຳຄົງຄາ (mǣ nam khong khā), ຄົງຄາ (khong khā), ກັງກາ (kang kā)

• 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) (gôṅga)
• 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 (gang)
• Uzbek: Gang
• Vietnamese: Hằng (vi) (恆), sông Hằng
• Yiddish: גאַנגעס‎ (ganges)

Anagrams

• Gagnes

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German

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Ganges m (genitive Ganges)

1. Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)

Etymology 2

See Gang.

Noun

Ganges

1. genitive singular of Gang

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.ɡɛs/

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Proper noun

Ganges m

1. Ganges (river in India and Bangladesh)

Declension

Declension of Ganges

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

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Portuguese

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)