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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Something that can be acquired or obtained without labor.
  • noun An old Catalonian name of the lesser pin-tailed sand-grouse, Pterocles alchata, and hence a name of the sand-grouse (Pteroclidæ) in general. See Pteroclidæ and sand-grouse.
  • noun A South American vulturine hawk of the genus Ibycter, as I. americanus.

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  • proper noun Hinduism The river Ganges, especially in deified form.
  • proper noun A female given name used in India.

Etymologies

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From Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā).

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