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Ganges

gan·ges

UK/ˈɡændʒiːz/ US/ˈɡænd͡ʒiz/ uncommon

noun

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an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus

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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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