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Ganges
(redirected from River Ganges)

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Gan·ges  (gnjz) also Gan·ga (gngg)
A river of northern India and Bangladesh rising in the Himalaya Mountains and flowing about 2,510 km (1,560 mi) generally eastward through a vast plain to the Bay of Bengal. The river is sacred to Hindus.
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Noun1.GangesGanges - an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus
Bangla Desh, Bangladesh, East Pakistan, People's Republic of Bangladesh - a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971
Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
Translations
Ganges [ˈgændʒiːz] n the Ganges → el Ganges
Ganges [ˈgændʒiːz] n the Ganges → le Gange
Ganges [ˈgændʒiːz] n the Ganges → der Ganges
Ganges [ˈgændʒiːz] n the Ganges → il Gange


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