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) (file)

Proper noun

Ganges

A sacred river of India and Bangladesh

Synonyms

Ganga (in Indian English)

Related terms

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)
Azerbaijani: Qanq
Belarusian: Ганг m (Hanh)
Bengali: গঙ্গা (bn) (gônga)
Bulgarian: Ганг m (Gang)
Burmese: ဂင်္ဂါမြစ် (my) (gangga-mrac), 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
Galician: Ganxes (gl) 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) (gaṅgā)
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 (gaṅgānadi), ഗംഗാ (gaṅgā)
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 m
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 (gaṅgā)
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)

Anagrams

Gagnes

German

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Ganges m

Ganges (river in India and Bangladesh)

Etymology 2

See Gang.

Noun

Ganges

genitive singular of Gang

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.ɡɛs/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Ganges m

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ganges m

Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)

Spanish

Proper noun

Ganges m

Ganges (the sacred river)

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