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Definition of Ganges

1. Noun. An Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus.

Definition of Ganges

1. Proper noun. A sacred river of India and Bangladesh ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ganges

Literary usage of Ganges

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The name Ganges signifies merely the stream (Sanscrit Ganga). In Hindu mythology the river, personified as the goddess Ganga, held a position equal in ..."

2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"Before the commencement of the Ganges Canal works, ... owes its chief importance to being the head-quarters of the Ganges Canal workshops and iron foundry, ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"Farther down the waters of the Ganges are increased by those of the ... At present the first bifurcation of the Ganges takes place at Sooty, about 20 miles ..."

4. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"When we came to Ganges, we drank every one of us a glass of wine, mixing some of the river ... The Hollanders, who have a house upon the bank of the Ganges, ..."

5. A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853 by Bayard Taylor (1874)
"... the Ganges, I found the drawbridge open, and a string of upward bound ... My road lay along the northern bank of the Ganges, through a very rieh and ..."

6. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"THE Ganges. Some writers have stated that this river, like the Nile, takes its rise ... It is now ascertained that the river Ganges is the result of the ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The name Ganges signifies merely the stream (Sanscrit Ganga). In Hindu mythology the river, personified as the goddess Ganga, held a position equal in ..."

8. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"Before the commencement of the Ganges Canal works, ... owes its chief importance to being the head-quarters of the Ganges Canal workshops and iron foundry, ..."

9. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"Farther down the waters of the Ganges are increased by those of the ... At present the first bifurcation of the Ganges takes place at Sooty, about 20 miles ..."

10. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"When we came to Ganges, we drank every one of us a glass of wine, mixing some of the river ... The Hollanders, who have a house upon the bank of the Ganges, ..."

11. A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853 by Bayard Taylor (1874)
"... the Ganges, I found the drawbridge open, and a string of upward bound ... My road lay along the northern bank of the Ganges, through a very rieh and ..."

12. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"THE Ganges. Some writers have stated that this river, like the Nile, takes its rise ... It is now ascertained that the river Ganges is the result of the ..."

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