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Ganges.

A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈɡændʒiːz/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡænd͡ʒiz/General-American
  1. A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.

Where this word comes from

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.

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