Ganges is an English word with synonyms like river. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ganges meaning
A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.
Synonyms of Ganges
Using Ganges
- The main meaning on this page is: A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.
- Useful related words include: ganges river, river.
- In the example corpus, ganges often appears in combinations such as: the ganges, ganges and, ganges river.
Context around Ganges
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ganges
- In this selection, "ganges" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, river, completed, new, river, harbour and stalled stand out and add context to how "ganges" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a completed ganges harbour walk and across the ganges brahmaputra meghna. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ganges" sits close to words such as ache, advani and afi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ganges
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Should a completed Ganges Harbour Walk be a community priority? (10 words)
New Ganges fire hall site footprint excavated as of July 22, 2024. (12 words)
Bruce Cameron, left, and Darryl Martin discuss the Ganges Harbour Walk project at the Jan. (15 words)
After the 16th century the Padma grew to become the main channel of the Ganges.sfn It is thought that the Bhagirathi-Hooghly became increasingly choked with silt, causing the main flow of the Ganges to shift to the southeast and the Padma River. (44 words)
Dying beside the banks of the Ganges guarantees they will be cremated there and their ashes scattered in the water along the river’s steps or “ghats”, which Hindus believe ensures liberation from the cycle of rebirth. (37 words)
The present confluence of the Ganges and Meghna formed about 150 years ago. citation Also near the end of the 18th century, the course of the lower Brahmaputra changed dramatically, altering its relationship with the Ganges. (36 words)
Should a completed Ganges Harbour Walk be a community priority? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
Let’s complete pathways in Ganges, stalled since 2014, and begin similar improvements on Ganges Hill.
After the 16th century the Padma grew to become the main channel of the Ganges.sfn It is thought that the Bhagirathi-Hooghly became increasingly choked with silt, causing the main flow of the Ganges to shift to the southeast and the Padma River.
The Ganges- Yarlung Zangbo Brahmaputra watershed largely coincides with the Nepal-Tibet border, however several Ganges tributaries rise inside Tibet.
The present confluence of the Ganges and Meghna formed about 150 years ago. citation Also near the end of the 18th century, the course of the lower Brahmaputra changed dramatically, altering its relationship with the Ganges.
Bruce Cameron, left, and Darryl Martin discuss the Ganges Harbour Walk project at the Jan.
Ganges Grandmasters suffered their first defeat after three consecutive victories in the Global Chess League, going down to upGrad Mumba Masters here on Sunday.
He then goes on to describe the Ganges River, to the east of the Indus River.
It followed the wrestlers threatening to toss their medals in the river Ganges and go on fast before Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Naresh Tikait asked them not to.
Should a completed Ganges Harbour Walk be a community priority?
The Hugli branches off the Ganges about 200 kilometers north of Calcutta, and the river flows past the city before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
Despite arriving several weeks later than planned, new traffic signs designating lower speeds through Ganges village still managed to catch a few drivers and.
Dying beside the banks of the Ganges guarantees they will be cremated there and their ashes scattered in the water along the river’s steps or “ghats”, which Hindus believe ensures liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
In the evening, the ghats along the Ganges River in Varanasi, from Ravidas Ghat to Rajghat, are lit up with over a million earthen lamps.
New Ganges fire hall site footprint excavated as of July 22, 2024.
The dolphin’s habitat spans across the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.
The high-magnitude earthquake completely rerouted the main channel of the Ganges River in what is now densely populated Bangladesh, and completely changed the surrounding landscape.
Aatish Taseer’s latest book, “The Twice-Born: Life and Death on the Ganges” (2019), was recently released in paperback.
As Trump mentions “Ganges to Jama Masjid”, it subtly contradicts its own government’s recent assertions of alleged religious freedom that it claimed has claimed down few notches owing to India’s Citizenship Amendment Act.
For the first time in memory, Delhi has blue skies and clean air, greenhouse gas emissions are way down, the Ganges water is clear, and other species can survive and be themselves.
It is located on the Ganges River, which is considered holy – while the city itself is known as a place for studying yoga and meditation.
Common combinations with ganges
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ganges 62×
- ganges and 11×
- ganges river 8×
- river ganges 6×
- ganges to 4×
- ganges harbour 3×
- ganges in 3×
- ganges delta 3×
- in ganges 2×
- ganges on 2×