Ganges

[ gan-jeez ]

/ ˈgæn dʒiz /

noun

a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.

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Gan·get·ic

[gan-jet-ik] /gænˈdʒɛt ɪk/, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for ganges

The Hooghley, famous as it is, is only one of the mouths of that great river the Ganges, sacred and renowned throughout Indostan.

Athelstane Ford |Allen Upward
And he has long matted hair (jata), from which the Ganges flows.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) |R.V. Russell
The custom of the country is to burn the body beside the most convenient mountain stream terminating in the Ganges.

A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) |Charles Creighton
There is a twelfth-century map of the world at Cambridge, which shows Paradise on an island opposite the mouth of the Ganges.

Storyology |Benjamin Taylor

The Ganges, though it does not vie with the great rivers of America, is 1,557 miles in length.

Across India |Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for ganges

Ganges

/ (ˈɡændʒiːz) /

noun

the great river of N India and central Bangladesh: rises in two headstreams in the Himalayas and flows southeast to Allahabad, where it is joined by the Jumna; continues southeast into Bangladesh, where it enters the Bay of Bengal in a great delta; the most sacred river to Hindus, with many places of pilgrimage, esp Varanasi. Length: 2507 km (1557 miles) Hindi name: Ganga (ˈɡʌŋɡə, ˈɡɑːŋ-)

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