Ganges

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English

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Etymology

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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.

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the Ganges

  1. A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism
    • 1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes[1], volume III, London, →OCLC, page 340:
      ...the Yellow Riuer... 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.
    • 1968, Norman Mailer, “Nixon in Miami”, in Harper's, §6:
      ...their master... was no ad for anybody but the most arcane Black Power, he was an old prince of a witch doctor—insult him at your peril—but the other ten musicians with their trumpets and snares and assorted brass would prove no pull for Nixon on TV with any Black votes watching, for they were old and meek, naught but elderly Black Southern musicians, a veritable Ganges of Uncle Toms. They had disappeared with Tom Swift and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Synonyms

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  • Ganga (in Indian English)

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Czech

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Proper noun

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Ganges m inan (related adjective ganžský or gangský)

  1. Alternative form of Ganga: Ganges (a major river in India and Bangladesh)

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German

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaŋəs/, (also) /ˈɡaŋɡɛs/
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Proper noun

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der Ganges m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Ganges)

  1. Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Noun

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Ganges

  1. genitive singular of Gang

Polish

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Ganges

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Ganges.

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Ganges m inan

  1. Ganges (a river in Bangladesh and India)

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Further reading

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  • Ganges in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Gan‧ges

Proper noun

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Ganges m

  1. Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡanxes/ [ˈɡãŋ.xes]
  • Rhymes: -anxes
  • Syllabification: Gan‧ges

Proper noun

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Ganges m

  1. Ganges (the sacred river)