Ganges

See also: ganges

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”), from verbal root √gam (“to go”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Ganges

1. A river of India and Bangladesh (sacred within Hinduism)

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 (gangā 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 (Gang)
• 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), sông Hằng
• Yiddish: גאַנגעס‎ (ganges)

Anagrams

• Gagnes

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German

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Ganges m (genitive Ganges)

1. Ganges (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/

• Audio

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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)