Ganges

See also: ganges

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡændʒiːz/

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Proper noun

Ganges

1. A sacred river of India and Bangladesh

Synonyms

• Ganga (in Indian English)

Related terms

• Gangean
• Gangetic

Translations

the sacred river

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

  Mandarin: 恆河 (zh), 恒河 (zh) ‎(Héng Hé)

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

  Ancient: Γάγγης ‎(Gángēs)

• Gujarati: ગંગા ‎(gãṅgā)
• Hebrew: גנגס ‎(ganges)
• Hindi: गंगा (hi) f ‎(gãṅgā)
• Hungarian: Gangesz (hu)
• Icelandic: Ganges
• Indonesian: Gangga
• Irish: Ganga f, An Ghainséis
• Italian: Gange
• Japanese: ガンジス川 ‎(Ganjisu-gawa), ガンジス ‎(Ganjisu)
• Kannada: ಗಂಗಾ (kn) ‎(gaṃgā)
• Kazakh: Ганга ‎(Ganga)
• Khmer: គង្គ ‎(kʊəŋkeaʔ), គង្គា (km) ‎(kʊəŋkie)
• Korean: 갠지스 ‎(Gaenjiseu)
• Kyrgyz: Ганг ‎(Gang)
• Lao: ແມ່ນ້ຳຄົງຄາ (lo) ‎(mǣ nam khong khā)

• Latin: Ganges (la)
• Latvian: Ganga f
• Lithuanian: Ganga f
• Macedonian: Ганг m ‎(Gang)
• Malay: Gangga
• Malayalam: ഗംഗാനദി ‎(gaṃgānadi), ഗംഗാ ‎(gaṃgā)
• Marathi: गंगा ‎(gãṅgā)
• Nepali: गंगा ‎(gãṅgā)
• Norwegian: Ganges
• Old English: Gandis
• Old Irish: Gand m
• Oriya: ଗଙ୍ଗା (or) ‎(gaṅgā)
• Persian: گنگ (fa) ‎(Gang)
• Polish: Ganges (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ganges
• Punjabi: ਗੰਗਾ ‎(gaṅgā)
• Romanian: Gange
• Russian: Ганг (ru) m ‎(Gang)
• Rusyn: Ґа́нґа f ‎(Gánga)
• Sanskrit: गङ्गा (sa) f ‎(gáṅgā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ганг m

  Roman: Gang m

• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: Ganga f
• Slovene: Ganges m
• Spanish: Ganges m
• Swedish: Ganges (sv)
• Tajik: Гангес ‎(Ganges)
• Tamil: கங்கை (ta) ‎(kaṅkai)
• Tatar: Ганг ‎(Ğang)
• Telugu: గంగా ‎(gaṃgā)
• Thai: แม่น้ำคงคา ‎(mâenáam kong-kaa), คงคา (th) ‎(kong-kaa)
• Turkish: Ganj
• Turkmen: Gang
• Ukrainian: Ганг m ‎(Hanh)
• Urdu: گنگا f ‎(gãṅgā)
• Uzbek: Ganga
• Vietnamese: Hằng (vi), sông Hằng
• Yiddish: גאַנגעס ‎(ganges)

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German

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Etymology 1

Proper noun

Ganges m

1. Ganges (river in India and Bangladesh)

Etymology 2

See Gang.

Noun

Ganges

1. genitive singular of Gang

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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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

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Proper noun

Ganges m

1. Ganges (the sacred river)