GANGES
Dictionary entry overview: What does Ganges mean? • GANGES (noun)
The noun GANGES has 1 sense:
1. an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus
Familiarity information: GANGES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GANGES (noun)
Meaning:
An Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Ganges; Ganges River
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Ganges" is a part of...):
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)
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