Ganges
Word-form referencesGange
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈɡændʒiːz/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɡænd͡ʒiz/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Proper noun
A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.
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More examples (2)
[…] the Yellow Riuer […] is the other famous Riuer of that Kingdome, in greatneſſe and note, which ariſesth without the Kingdome to the Weſt, out of the Hill Cunlun, conjectured to bee the ſame whence Ganges ariſeth, or one neere to it.
...their master... was no ad for anybody but the most arcane Black Power, he was an old prince of a witch doctor—insult him at your peril—but the other ten musicians with their trumpets and snares and assorted brass would prove no pull for Nixon on TV with any Black votes watching, for they were old and meek, naught but elderly Black Southern musicians, a veritable Ganges of Uncle Toms. They had disappeared with Tom Swift and Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Word forms
the Ganges