Category: GeographyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: CommonRecommended for ★ UPSC
গঙ্গা
/ganga/Roman
English meaning: Ganges River
Definition
India's most sacred river, flowing from the Gangotri glacier through the plains to the Bay of Bengal in West Bengal. Kolkata, on the Hooghly (a distributary of the Ganga), was once India's largest city and continues as an important port city.
Example
“গঙ্গা ভারতের পবিত্রতম নদী।”
In English: “The Ganges is India's most sacred river.”
Literary Heritage
“এই পথ যদি না শেষ হয়, তবে কেমন হতো।”
/Ei path jodi na shesh hoy, tabe kemon hoto./
“What would it be like if this road never ended?”
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- Language
- বাংলা
- Bengali
- Script
- Bengali
- Family
- Indo-Aryan
- Speakers
- 270M