Gangean

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Ganges river. not-comparable

    "Chinese merchants had traded with India and Roman outposts, and Chinese pilgrims had made overland journeys to the Indus and Gangean valleys, often by way of the Oxus and what is now Afghanistan."

Synonyms

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gangeticgangetic

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"Chinese merchants had traded with India and Roman outposts, and Chinese pilgrims had made overland journeys to the Indus and Gangean valleys, often by way of the Oxus and what is now Afghanistan."

Etymology

From Ganges + -an.

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