Submitted Name
Type River
Usage Afrikaans, Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog
Scripts Գանգես(Armenian)
Pronounced Pron. GAHNG-gehs(Armenian) GAN-jeez(English) GAN-gehs(Polish) GANG-khehs(Spanish) [key·IPA]
[Meaning & History
From Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs) from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā) meaning "swift-goer", ultimately from गच्छति (gacchati) meaning "to go". This is the name of a river in South Asia that flows through India and Bangladesh.