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Noun: Ganges  gan-jeez
  1. An Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus
    - Ganges River
Verb: gange  ganj
  1. To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire

Type of: river

Part of: Bangla Desh, Bangladesh, Bharat, East Pakistan, Hindustan, India, People's Republic of Bangladesh, Republic of India

Encyclopedia: Ganges, OH

Gange, Thomas