Ganges

ˈɡændʒiːz

Definition

Definition of Ganges - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

geographymajor river flowing from Himalayas to Bay of Bengal

The Ganges flows into the Bay of Bengal.

river

stream

waterway

metaphoricalused metaphorically to refer to purification or cleansing

Seeking a fresh start, he referred to his move as crossing the Ganges..

cleansing

purification

sanctification

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Origin of Ganges

Sanskrit, Ganga (a river)

Terms with Ganges included in their meaning

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Ganga jal

religion

sacred water from the River Ganges in India

Gangetic

geography

person from the Ganges region

Gangetic

adj.

geography

related to the river Ganges in India

Bengali

ethnicity

person originating from the region around the Ganges delta

Examples of Ganges in a sentence

The Ganges is sacred in Hinduism.
He viewed his new job as a dip in the Ganges.
The retreat was his personal Ganges, cleansing his mind.

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French:Gange, ...
German:Ganges, ...
Italian:Gange, ...
Spanish:Ganges, ...
Portuguese:Ganges, ...
Chinese:恒河, ...
Japanese:ガンジス川, ...
Arabic:نهر الغانج, عبور نهر يرمز إلى التطهير, ...
Hebrew:גַּנְגֵּס, הַגַּנְגֵּס, ...
Russian:Ганг, ...
Ukrainian:Ганг, ...
Hindi:गंगा, ...
Bengali:গঙ্গা, ...
Catalan:Ganges, ...
Czech:Ganga, ...
Danish:Ganges, ...
Dutch:Ganges, ...
Greek:Γάγγης, ...
Hungarian:Gangesz, a megtisztulás jelképe, ...
Khmer:ទន្លេគង្គា, និមិត្តរូបនៃការជម្រះខ្លួន ឬការសម្អាតចិត្ត, ...
Korean:갠지스 강, ...
Persian:گنگ, ...
Polish:Ganges, ...
Portuguese (BR):Ganges, ...
Romanian:Gange, ...
Swedish:Ganges, ...
Thai:แม่น้ำคงคา, ...
Turkish:Ganj, ...
Vietnamese:Sông Hằng, sông Hằng, ...

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Definition of Ganges - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

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