1. an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus; [syn: Ganges, Ganges River]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ganges River
n 1: an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into
the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus [syn:
Ganges, Ganges River]