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Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes, volume III, London, →OCLC, page 340:", "text": "...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.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1968, Norman Mailer, “Nixon in Miami”, in Harper's, §6:", "text": "...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. 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"Nepali", "roman": "gaṅgā", "sense": "the river", "word": "गंगा" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "the river", "word": "Ganges" }, { "code": "or", "lang": "Odia", "roman": "gaṅgā", "sense": "the river", "word": "ଗଙ୍ଗା" }, { "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "the river", "word": "Gandis" }, { "code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Gand" }, { "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "Geng", "sense": "the river", "word": "كنك" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "gang", "sense": "the river", "word": "گنگ" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Ganges" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Ganges" }, { "code": "pa", "lang": "Punjabi", "roman": "gaṅgā", "sense": "the river", "word": "ਗੰਗਾ" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "the river", "word": "Gange" }, { "code": "ru", "english": "Gang", "lang": "Russian", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Ганг" }, { "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "gaṅgā", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "गङ्गा" }, { "code": "sat", "lang": "Santali", "roman": "gaṅnăy", "sense": "the river", "word": "ᱜᱟᱝᱱᱟᱹᱭ" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "masculine" ], "word": "Ганг" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "Roman", "masculine" ], "word": "Gang" }, { "code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "gaṁgā", "sense": "the river", "word": "ගංගා" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Ganga" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Ganges" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Ganges" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "the river", "word": "Ganges" }, { "code": "tg", "english": "Gang", "lang": "Tajik", "sense": "the river", "word": "Ганг" }, { "code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "kaṅkai", "sense": "the river", "word": "கங்கை" }, { "code": "tt", "lang": "Tatar", "roman": "Ğang", "sense": "the river", "word": "Ганг" }, { "code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "gaṅgā", "sense": "the river", "word": "గంగా" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "mɛ̂ɛ-náam kong-kaa", "sense": "the river", "word": "แม่น้ำคงคา" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "kong-kaa", "sense": "the river", "word": "คงคา" }, { "code": "bo", "lang": "Tibetan", "roman": "glang chen kha babs", "sense": "the river", "word": "གླང་ཆེན་ཁ་བབས" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "the river", "word": "Ganj" }, { "code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "the river", "word": "Gang" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "Hanh", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Ганг" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "gãṅgā", "sense": "the river", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "گنگا" }, { "code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "gan'g", "sense": "the river", "word": "گانگ" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "the river", "word": "Gang" }, { "alt": "恆", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "the river", "word": "Hằng" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "the river", "word": "sông Hằng" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "ganges", "sense": "the river", "word": "גאַנגעס" } ], "word": "Ganges" }
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