Ganges
UK/ˈɡændʒiːz//ˈɡænd͡ʒiz/
Ganges proper noun: a river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.
Proper noun
the Ganges
- A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.
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- Synonyms:
- Ganga
Ganges meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Ganges in Hindi
- the river
- गंगा gaṅgā
Ganges in Tamil
- the river
- கங்கை kaṅkai
Ganges in Marathi
- the river
- गंगा gaṅgā
Ganges in Urdu
- the river
- گنگا gãṅgā
More languagesFewer languages
- Ganges in Bengali
- গঙ্গা goṅga
- Ganges in Telugu
- గంగా gaṅgā
- Ganges in Malayalam
- ഗംഗാനദി gaṅgānadi, ഗംഗാ gaṅgā
- Ganges in Kannada
- ಗಂಗಾ gaṅgā
- Ganges in Punjabi
- ਗੰਗਾ gaṅgā
- Ganges in Gujarati
- ગંગા gaṅgā
- Ganges in Odia
- ଗଙ୍ଗା gaṅgā
- Ganges in Sanskrit
- गङ्गा gaṅgā
- Ganges in Sinhala
- ගංගා gaṁgā
- Ganges in Assamese
- গংগা goṅga
- Ganges in Nepali
- गंगा gaṅgā
- Ganges in Arabic
- الْغَانْج al-ḡānj, الْكَنْك al-kank
- Ganges in Malay
- Gangga
- Ganges in Indonesian
- Gangga
- Ganges in Persian
- گنگ gang
- Ganges in Thai
- แม่น้ำคงคา mɛ̂ɛ-náam kong-kaa, คงคา kong-kaa
- Ganges in Vietnamese
- Hằng, sông Hằng
- Ganges in Myanmar
- ဂင်္ဂါမြစ် ganggamrac, ဂင်္ဂါ gangga
- Dhivehi
- ގަންގާ ކޯރު gan̊gā kōru
Synonyms of Ganges
Origin of Ganges
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.
Words formed from Ganges
Phrases with Ganges
Questions about Ganges
- What does Ganges mean?
- Ganges means a river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.
- What is Ganges in Hindi?
- Ganges in Hindi is गंगा (gaṅgā). See Ganges meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Ganges?
- Ganges is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Ganges?
- Ganges is pronounced /ˈɡændʒiːz/ (UK).
Words near Ganges in the dictionary
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