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"word": "Ganges River dolphin"
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"word": "Ganges shark"
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"ref": "1625, 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.",
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"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. They had disappeared with Tom Swift and Little Lord Fauntleroy.",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ganges"
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Gangi"
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{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "gang wänz",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ጋንግ ወንዝ"
},
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "al-ḡānj",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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"word": "الْغَانْج"
},
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"code": "ar",
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"note": "Egyptian spelling",
"roman": "al-gang",
"sense": "the river",
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"word": "الْجَنْج"
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"code": "hy",
"english": "Ganges",
"lang": "Armenian",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Գանգես"
},
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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "goṅga",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "গংগা"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Qanq"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "Hanh",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ганг"
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "goṅga",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "গঙ্গা"
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ganggamrac",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ဂင်္ဂါမြစ်"
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"roman": "gangga",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ဂင်္ဂါ"
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"code": "rue",
"lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
"roman": "Gánga",
"sense": "the river",
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"word": "Ґа́нґа"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ganges"
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{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "恆河"
},
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"code": "yue",
"english": "hang⁴ ho⁴",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "恒河"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "恆河"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Héng Hé",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "恒河"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "恆伽"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Hénggā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "恒伽"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ganga"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ganges"
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"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "gan̊gā kōru",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ގަންގާ ކޯރު"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Gango"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ganges"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ganges"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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"word": "Gange"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Ganxes"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gangi",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "განგი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ganges"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Gángis",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Γάγγης"
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "Gángēs",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Γάγγης"
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"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ગંગા"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ganges",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "גנגס"
},
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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"word": "गंगा"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Gangesz"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ganges"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Gangga"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ganga"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "An Ghainséis"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Gange"
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{
"alt": "ガンジスがわ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Ganjisu-gawa",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ガンジス川"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Ganjisu",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ガンジス"
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{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ಗಂಗಾ"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "Gañ",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ганг"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɔɔkŭəngkiə",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "គង្គា"
},
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɔɔkŭəngkĕəʼ",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "គង្គ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Gaenjiseu",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "갠지스"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Gaenjiseugang",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "갠지스강"
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{
"code": "ky",
"english": "Gang",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ганг"
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mǣ namkhong khā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ແມ່ນ້ຳຄົງຄາ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khong khā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ຄົງຄາ"
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kang kā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ກັງກາ"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ganges"
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"sense": "the river",
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the river",
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"english": "Gang",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Gangga"
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"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "gaṅgānadi",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ഗംഗാനദി"
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ഗംഗാ"
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{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "गंगा"
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"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "Ganga",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ганга"
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"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "गंगा"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "gôṅga",
"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "ang",
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"sense": "the river",
"word": "Gandis"
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"code": "sga",
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"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gang",
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"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ਗੰਗਾ"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "the river",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "sa",
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"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
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"word": "गङ्गा"
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{
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "gaṅnăy",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ᱜᱟᱝᱱᱟᱹᱭ"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
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"word": "Ганг"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "gaṁgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ගංගා"
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{
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"lang": "Slovak",
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"lang": "Slovene",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ganges"
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{
"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"
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"ref": "1625, 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.",
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"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. They had disappeared with Tom Swift and Little Lord Fauntleroy.",
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"sense": "the river",
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"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "gang wänz",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ጋንግ ወንዝ"
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"note": "Egyptian spelling",
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{
"code": "hy",
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"lang": "Armenian",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Գանգես"
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{
"code": "as",
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"roman": "goṅga",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "গংগা"
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{
"code": "az",
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"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "be",
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{
"code": "bn",
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"sense": "the river",
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{
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"code": "my",
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"sense": "the river",
"word": "ဂင်္ဂါမြစ်"
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"code": "yue",
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{
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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{
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"sense": "the river",
"word": "恒伽"
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{
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"sense": "the river",
"word": "ގަންގާ ކޯރު"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "the river",
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"sense": "the river",
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"code": "hi",
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{
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"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "the river",
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},
{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "An Ghainséis"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "the river",
"word": "Gange"
},
{
"alt": "ガンジスがわ",
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"roman": "Ganjisu-gawa",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ガンジス川"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "the river",
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"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ಗಂಗಾ"
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{
"code": "kk",
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"roman": "Gañ",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ганг"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "kɔɔkŭəngkiə",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "គង្គា"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "kɔɔkŭəngkĕəʼ",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "គង្គ"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "Gaenjiseu",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "갠지스"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Gaenjiseugang",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "갠지스강"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"english": "Gang",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ганг"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mǣ namkhong khā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ແມ່ນ້ຳຄົງຄາ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khong khā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ຄົງຄາ"
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kang kā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ກັງກາ"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ganges"
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"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "mk",
"english": "Gang",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ганг"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Gangga"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "gaṅgānadi",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ഗംഗാനദി"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ഗംഗാ"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "गंगा"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "Ganga",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ганга"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "गंगा"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Ganges"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "gôṅga",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ଗଙ୍ଗା"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "Gandis"
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{
"code": "sga",
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"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gang",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "گنگ"
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{
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{
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{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "gaṅgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ਗੰਗਾ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the river",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "the river",
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"word": "Ганг"
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{
"code": "sa",
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"roman": "gaṅgā",
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"word": "गङ्गा"
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{
"code": "sat",
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"roman": "gaṅnăy",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ᱜᱟᱝᱱᱟᱹᱭ"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "the river",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Ганг"
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{
"code": "sh",
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{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "gaṁgā",
"sense": "the river",
"word": "ගංගා"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the river",
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],
"word": "Ganga"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Ganges"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the river",
"tags": [
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],
"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": [
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],
"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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