ganges

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsGanges River

   Broaderriver

   Part ofIndiaBangladesh

Other forms of ganges

plural

gangeses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ganges

What does ganges mean?

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

How many syllables are in ganges?

ganges has 2 syllables: gan-ges. The stress falls on "gan". In IPA it is /ˈɡændʒiz/.

What is another word for ganges?

Close synonyms include Ganges River. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ganges a common word?

ganges is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.